Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over West Branch Buffalo Creek on Postel Avenue
- Location
- Buchanan County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1906
- Design
- Pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 63.0 ft.
Total length: 83.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.58157, -91.77199 (decimal degrees)
42°34'54" N, 91°46'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/600770/4715080 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 90 N., R. 8 W., Sec. 27
- USGS topographic map
- Oelwein SE
- Inventory numbers
- IA 83680 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 12950 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 01/2008)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.3 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
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