Wapsipinicon River Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

Four-span concrete arch bridge over the Wapsipinicon River on IA 150 in Independence

Location

Buchanan County, Iowa

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1927 by the Miller-Taylor Construction Co. of Waterloo, Iowa; rehabilitated 1999

Builder

- Miller-Taylor Construction Co.

Design

Closed-spandrel arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 86.9 ft.
Total length: 341.2 ft.
Deck width: 32.2 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1998

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.45805, -91.89076   (decimal degrees)
42°27'29" N, 91°53'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/591203/4701231 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Independence

Inventory numbers

NRHP 98000758 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 12956 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 06/2006)

Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 87.4 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2005)

9,700

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 16, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record

Sources 

• HAER IA-77 - Wapsipinicon River Bridge
• Historic Bridges of Iowa
• Historic American Engineering Record

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