Middle Creek Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

Pratt pony truss bridge over Middle Creek on Ventura Avenue

Location

Mahaska County, Iowa

History

Built circa 1898

Builder

- Seevers Manufacturing Co.

Design

"The Middle Creek Bridge, a 4-panel Pratt pony truss, is one of only four bridges remaining built by Seevers Manufacturing Company, based in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The use of steel pipe for the upper chord was a standard design for the company, which also manufactured steam pipes. This bridge is an excellent example of the company's work, an unusual structural type designed and fabricated by a small-scale Iowa company.

"This document was prepared as part of the Iowa Historic Bridges Recording Project performed durng the Summer of 1995 by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER). The project was sponsored by the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT). Preliminary research on this bridge was performed by Clayton B. Fraser of Fraserdesign, Loveland, CO."

Historian: Leslie Pitner, August 1995
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Dimensions

Length of largest span: 50 ft.
Total length: 93 ft.
Deck width: 12.9 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.33856, -92.46337   (decimal degrees)
41°20'19" N, 92°27'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/544899/4576480 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Rose Hill, Iowa UTH: 15.544900.4576480

Inventory number

BH 37402 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• September 11, 2008: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• HAER IA-66 - Middle Creek Bridge

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