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Overview This was taken in 1998. Upon visiting the bridge in Dec. 2007, the bridge was in the process of being replaced with one half of the section already removed. Photo taken by Jason Smith |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost steel stringer bridge over E Fork Des Moines River on US Hwy. 169, 0.1 mi. south of Hwy. 18 in Algona in Algona
- Location
- Algona, Kossuth County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1954 Replaced in 2007
- Design
- Steel stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 356.0 ft.
Deck width: 44.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.08611, -94.23611 (decimal degrees)
43°05'10" N, 94°14'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory number
- BH 36425 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 07/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 11.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 9,900