Historic Bridges of the U.S.

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Oblique View

From the northeast side.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning

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Branches of the Shoe Tree

There is a shoe on top of every fence post that parallels this road. Perhaps this should be considered a foot bridge?

Photo taken by J.R. Manning

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The deck and west truss

Photo taken by J.R. Manning

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The view west

Straight west of here, near the horizon, these tracks cross the high level Kate Shelly Bridge, spanning the Des Moines River.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning

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The west face

Photo taken by J.R. Manning

Facts

Overview: Pony truss bridge over UPRR on a local road
Location: Boone County, Iowa
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1900
Design: Pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 140.1 ft.
Deck width: 18.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.05213, -93.98946 (decimal degrees)
42°03'08" N, 93°59'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 84 N., R. 27 W., Sec. 27
Inventory numbers: IA 77860 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 12908 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2005): Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 26.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2003): 60

Comments

UPRR Bridge

Posted July 16, 2007, by Lugnuts (thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

This bridge is located off 200th Street on L Road, a dead-end road, and provides the only access over the double-tracked Union Pacific mainline that some proptery owners have. The fence posts along the road leading away from the bridge appear to have been cut from a shoe tree.

This is a virtual twin to the pony truss bridge listed as #77840. The twin tracks shown continue west, cross the Des Moines River on the Kate Shelly Bridge (see Truss Bridge #77850 for more about the Kate Shelly Bridge) then curves to the southwest and goes under #77840.

The bridge is all wood timbered and wood decked. It has little trafic but appears to be well maintained.

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