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Facts
- Overview
- Two-span through truss bridge over Upper Iowa River on 244th Avenue, east of Bluffton
- Location
- Winneshiek County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to one-lane traffic
- History
- Built 1924
- Design
- Two riveted, 6-panel Pratt through truss spans
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 248.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.8 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.41023, -91.89090 (decimal degrees)
43°24'37" N, 91°53'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/589797/4806969 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 99 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 10 (Bluffton Twp.)
- USGS topographic map
- Bluffton
- Inventory numbers
- IA 348840 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 14711 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 04/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 44.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2001)
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