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DAIR - Big Sioux River Bridge

Sioux County, Iowa, and Union County, South Dakota

Photos 

Main spans

Photo taken by Jason Smith

BH Photo #101882

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Build date provided by C&NW bridge records at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society archives

Facts 

Overview
Three-span through truss bridge over Big Sioux River on the Dakota & Iowa Railroad at Hawarden
Location
Hawarden, Sioux County, Iowa, and Union County, South Dakota
Status
Open to railroad traffic
History
Built 1904, Girders Added 1913
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Quadrangular lattice through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 1,097.0 ft.
Also called
C&NW Bridge #2601
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.99811, -96.49734   (decimal degrees)
42°59'53" N, 96°29'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/703998/4763644 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hawarden South
Inventory number
BH 14419 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A-frame portal (426)
American Bridge Co. (1,533)
Big Sioux River (66)
Built 1904 (571)
Built 1913 (868)
Built during 1900s (7,365)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,410)
Deck girder (5,866)
Girder (10,432)
Have street view (27,199)
Hawarden, Iowa (2)
Iowa (6,555)
Lattice through truss (574)
Lattice truss (605)
Open (40,013)
 Owned by railroad (12,663)
Plate girder (8,092)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (183)
Railroad (15,781)
Riveted (2,223)
Sioux County, Iowa (31)
South Dakota (675)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,257)
State line crossing (863)
Through truss (15,352)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,896)
Truss (33,248)
Union County, South Dakota (15)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,379)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from C&NW Bridge Records
  • January 9, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
  • January 3, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • May 7, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • October 26, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added categories "A-frame portal", "Big Sioux River"
  • August 2, 2010: New Street View added by Jason Smith
  • September 26, 2005: Posted photos from Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Luke
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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