Facts
- Overview
- Bowstring through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Nolen Avenue, southeast of Independence
- Location
- Buchanan County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Originally built 1872 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. on Main Street in Independence; relocated here in 1891
- Builder
- - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- Bowstring through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 143.1 ft.
Total length: 271.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1998
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.39936, -91.81179 (decimal degrees)
42°23'58" N, 91°48'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Land survey
- T. 88 N., R. 8 W., Sec. 32
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 98000755 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 12953 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 12/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.3 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
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