Rating:
48980
{66}%
3 votes
Brookside Park Suspension Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Patrick S. O'Donnell
BH Photo #202508
Description
Pedestrian suspension bridge in Brookside Park in Ames across Squaw Creek. Severely damaged by flooding in 2008. Replaced by a MOB in 2009.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Wire suspension bridge over Squaw Creek in Ames
- Location
- Ames, Story County, Iowa
- Status
- Destroyed by flooding in May, 2008.
- History
- Destroyed by flooding in May, 2008, Replaced by a MOB in 2009
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Span length: 128.0 ft.
Total length: 128.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.02900, -93.62881 (decimal degrees)
42°01'44" N, 93°37'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/447946/4653187 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Ames West
- Inventory number
- BH 48980 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 10, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- November 30, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Was destroyed by a flood, THEN replaced.
- September 1, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: added year lost
- August 22, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
- June 25, 2011: Added by Luke Harden
Yes, I gave permission for Luke to post.