Rating:
15 votes

Knoll Road Bridge (2004)

Story County, Iowa

Photos 

Photo taken by Luke in April 2013

BH Photo #252602

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete rigid frame bridge over College Creek on Knoll Road/Union Drive on Iowa State University Campus
Location
Ames, Story County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 2004
Builders
- Con-Struct, Inc. of Ames, Iowa (Contractor)
- Confluence of Des Moines, Iowa (Design)
Also called
Union Drive Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.02465, -93.64356   (decimal degrees)
42°01'29" N, 93°38'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/446722/4652712 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ames West
Inventory number
BH 49386 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Ames, Iowa (58)
Built 2004 (81)
Built during 2000s (730)
Con-Struct, Inc. (1)
Confluence (1)
Have street view (29,890)
Iowa (6,818)
 Iowa State University (21)
Modern (2,470)
Open (41,202)
Owned by college (93)
Precast Closed-spandrel arch (18)
Rigid frame (785)
Story County, Iowa (163)

Update Log 

  • August 15, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added builders
  • April 20, 2013: New photos from Luke Harden
  • August 16, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • November 30, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Built in 2004
  • September 18, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • September 14, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • August 22, 2011: Added by Luke Harden

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Comments 

Union Drive College Creek Bridge
Posted August 7, 2013, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

John is probably right. Granted, this bridge looks far nicer than a modern slab, but if the 2004 date is correct, then we can be sure it is a ConSpan. At first glance, it looks like nothing special, but perhaps some locals might know about any significance that I do not.

I guess our webmaster can decide if it is worthy of being on his website.

Union Drive College Creek Bridge
Posted August 6, 2013, by John Marvig (johnmarvig [at] chaska [dot] net)

College kids looking it up and voting?

Union Drive College Creek Bridge
Posted August 6, 2013, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Am I missing something? This is the 28th most voted for bridge on BridgeHunter and the average vote rating visitors have given it is about the same as that for the Golden Gate Bridge. It just looks like a modern pre-fab ConSpan style bridge to me. Construction date is listed as 2004. Is there more to this bridge than the date and photos would suggest?