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Black Bridge

Tama County, Iowa

Photos 

Photo taken by Ray Kasal

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BH Photo #133075

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Iowa River on 360th Street
Location
Tama County, Iowa
Status
Intact but closed to all traffic
History
Built 1914; rehabilitated 1972
Design
Main span: Pin-connected, 9-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 168.0 ft.
Total length: 250.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.91990, -92.43412   (decimal degrees)
41°55'12" N, 92°26'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/546923/4641037 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Chelsea
Land survey
T. 82 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 13
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
40
Inventory numbers
IA 316740 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14469 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2018)
Sufficiency rating: 16.4 (out of 100)
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Categories 

9-panel truss (323)
Built 1914 (894)
Built during 1910s (10,242)
Closed (2,797)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2013 (145)
Iowa (6,869)
Iowa River (140)
Lally columns (421)
One-lane traffic (8,123)
Owned by county (22,007)
Pin-connected (5,430)
 Pratt through truss (6,417)
Pratt truss (10,849)
Riveted (2,778)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,603)
Tama County, Iowa (111)
Through truss (19,043)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,721)
Truss (38,333)
Warren Riveted Pony Truss w/ alternating verticals (7)
Wooden deck (6,262)

Update Log 

  • November 24, 2020: New photos from Rob Smith
  • August 19, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added categories "Riveted", "Warren Riveted Pony Truss w/ alternating verticals"
  • March 25, 2012: New photo from Ray Kasal
  • March 7, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: chnaged name to the common name
  • November 27, 2011: New photos from Quinn Phelan
  • February 22, 2009: New photo from Ray Kasal
  • February 20, 2009: Updated by Ray Kasal

Sources 

  • Ray Kasal - raykasal [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Quinn Phelan - qphelan [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Luke
  • Rob Smith
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Comments 

Black Bridge
Posted October 23, 2022, by Paul Troilo (savagerealestatellc5 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Hello, Im interested in acquiring just the smaller section towards the end of this bridge. Is that possible? Thanx.

Iowa River Bridge
Posted February 6, 2009, by Ray Kasal (rams1 [at] iowatelecom [dot] net)

This bridge is located 3.5 miles west of Chelsea. A few years ago someone tried to start a fire on the bridge planking. Local fire dept. put out the fire and it now has a steel plate covering the small burned hole.

Webmaster's note: The photo that was here has been incorporated into the main site.