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Looking South

The one remaining abutment is the east one. The west abutment and the fill on that side are long gone...

Photo taken by Dylan VanAntwerp in March 2013

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BH Photo #251744

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Description

The data in the 1973 Rock Island track chart for this bridge is wrong. Both this bridge and the nearby Crooked Creek Bridge have the same bridge number and dimensions, most likely due to accidental error in data entry when preparing the track chart. Simple visual comparison of the two bridges in aerial imagery shows this bridge to be appreciably shorter than the Crooked Creek Bridge.

Facts

Overview: Lost Deck plate girder bridge over County Road W55/Wayland Road on former Rock Island RR
Location: Washington County, Iowa
Status: Demolished with one abutment remaining
History: Built 1945, abandoned and removed 1983
Railroad: - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.24412, -91.67832 (decimal degrees)
41°14'39" N, 91°40'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/610745/4566699 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Wayland
Inventory number: BH 55932 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

December 21, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
September 1, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added info from track chart
August 14, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
August 13, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad", "Railroad"
August 13, 2013: Added by Dave King
March 29, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added category "railroad"

Sources

Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems - 1970s Aerial Imagery
Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
Luke

RI - County Road W55/Wayland Road Overpass