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Overview

These pictures were taken just as the sun was setting.

Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007

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Oblique view

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Entering the bridge from the north

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Transversal view

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Deck view

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View of Turkey River

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Close-up of gusset

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Oblique view from the south east

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...and with some vegetation

Note: This was taken at the time when temperatures were below 10°F and frost was still existent.

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Deck view

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Side view

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Oblique view from the northeast

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Oblique view from the southeast

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Bowstring through truss bridge over Turkey River on Little Church Road
Location: Winneshiek County, Iowa
Status: Open to traffic
Future prospects: Scheduled for replacement FY 2009
History: Built 1873 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Builder: - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design: Bowstring through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 159.1 ft.
Total length: 177.2 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.7 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.08512, -91.89393 (decimal degrees)
43°05'06" N, 91°53'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/590030/4770860 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 96 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 34
USGS topographic map: Saint Lucas
Inventory numbers: IA 346440 (Iowa bridge number)
NRHP 98000468 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 14750 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2007): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2001): 40

Update Log

February 6, 2008: New photos from Jason Smith

Sources

Robert Elder - bass-tbn [at] ku [dot] edu
Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net

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Turkey River Bridge

Posted September 2, 2007, by Robert L. Elder (Bass-tbn [at] ku [dot] edu)

Sorry, the pics did not upload in the format I wanted. I will try to post them as TIFFs or JPEGs from a different computer later. If you have Photoshop 7.0 you should be able to view the current pics.

Turkey River Bridge

Posted September 2, 2007, by Robert Elder (Bass-tbn [at] ku [dot] edu)

Located southwest of Festina, this is of at least four bowstring trusses remaining in Winnesheik County, Iowa.

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