Photos
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Photo taken by Robert Elder |
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Photo taken by Robert Elder |
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Photo taken by Robert Elder |
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Photo taken by Robert Elder |
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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 Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
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Entering the bridge from the north Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
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Transversal view Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
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Deck view Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
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View of Turkey River Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
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Close-up of gusset Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
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Oblique view from the south east Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
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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. Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
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Deck view The following are black and white photos. Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
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Side view Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
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Oblique view from the northeast Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
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Oblique view from the southeast Photo taken by Jason and Birgit Smith in December 2007 |
Facts
- Overview
- Bowstring through truss bridge over Turkey River on Little Church Road
- Location
- Winneshiek County, Iowa
- Status
- disassembled and relocated
- Future prospects
- Bridge is to be reassembled and reused as part of the Trout Run Bike Trail in Decorah
- History
- Built 1873 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
- Builder
- - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- Bowstring through truss
- Dimensions
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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)
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Comments
Glad to hear that there are plans to preserve this bridge albeit in a different location. I figured that this bridge could be used on one of the pedestrian and bike trails in Decorah.
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.
Located southwest of Festina, this is of at least four bowstring trusses remaining in Winnesheik County, Iowa.
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