West Fork Des Moines River IA 3 Bridge

Humboldt County, Iowa

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Overview
Plate girder bridge over West Fork Des Moines River on IA 3
Location
Humboldt County, Iowa
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Scheduled for replacement in 2009
History
Built 1939
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 140.1 ft.
Total length: 403.2 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.73173, -94.25848   (decimal degrees)
42°43'54" N, 94°15'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/396977/4731792 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Unique
Inventory numbers
IA 28980 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13668 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2008)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 38.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
3,190

Categories 

Built 1939 (357)
Built during 1930s (5,951)
Deck girder (149)
Doomed (81)
Functionally obsolete (5,746)
Girder (279)
Humboldt County, Iowa (17)
IA 3 (4)
Iowa (2,170)
NR-eligible (2,577)
Open (21,979)
Owned by state (6,719)
Plate girder (158)
Skewed (3,683)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,036)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,169)

Update Log 

  • September 27, 2007: Posted photo from Jason Smith

Sources 

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