Photo 

View from 1st Street Bridge

Photo taken in 1998 by Jason Smith

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Map 

Vicinity Map

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Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Shell Rock River on Congress Street in Nora Springs
Location
Floyd County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1955
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 93.2 ft.
Total length: 93.2 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.15000, -93.01667   (decimal degrees)
43°08'60" N, 93°01'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/498644/4777472 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Nora Springs
Inventory number
BH 36289 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2004)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 10.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
4,110

Categories 

Beam (1,696)
Built 1955 (177)
Built during 1950s (1,417)
Floyd County, Iowa (28)
Iowa (2,169)
Open (21,823)
Owned by city (1,981)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,297)
Steel stringer (402)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,146)

Update Log 

  • February 21, 2008: Added by Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net