150th Street Bridge

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Photo taken by Carl Wycoff

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

BH Photo #241412

Overview: Through truss bridge over South Skunk River on 150th Street
Location: Story County, Iowa
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1920 to replace a lost bridge on the Lincoln Highway, moved here in 1952; rehabilitated 1974
Builders: - Illinois Steel Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Iron/Steel Manufacturer)
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa (Designer)
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 154.2 ft.
Deck width: 19.7 ft.
Also called: "40 and 8" Crossing
"40 and 8 Cabin" Crossing
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.13718, -93.56727 (decimal degrees)
42°08'14" N, 93°34'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/453120/4665163 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Story City
Average daily traffic (as of 2015): 100
Inventory numbers: IA 316250 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 49225 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2018): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 35.9 (out of 100)
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Lincoln Highway South Skunk River Bridge (Old) (Parts reused from) - Exact same bridge, just relocated upstream when it was no longer "suitable" for the Lincoln Highway.