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RI - English River Backwaters Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Deck plate girder bridge over old English River Channel on former Rock Island RR
- Location
- Washington County, Iowa
- Status
- Demolished
- History
- Rail operations ceased 1974, line officially abandoned 1978, bridge removed soon after
- Railroads
- - Central Iowa Railway (CIAR)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Also called
- CIAR - English River Backwaters Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.47997, -91.75914 (decimal degrees)
41°28'48" N, 91°45'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/603598/4592783 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Wellman
- Inventory number
- BH 56840 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 29, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad", "Central Iowa Railway"