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SANTA FE SWING SPAN BRIDGE FORT MADISON IA
FORT MADISON, IOWA -USA
Location: FORT MADISON, IA
Description:
Web Site SANTA FE SWING SPAN BRIDGE FORT MADISON IA HOMEPAGE
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Comments/Directions:
According to Wilkapedia and travel brochures we picked along our journey the Santa Fe Swing Span Bridge is the longest in the world.
From bridge hunter suite:
Facts
Overview
Toll double-decker through truss swing bridge over the Mississippi River on IA 2/IL 9/BNSF Railroad at Fort Madison
Location
Fort Madison, Lee County, Iowa, and Hancock County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1927
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Union Bridge & Construction Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Design
Swing Baltimore through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 525.3 ft.
Total length: 3,580.2 ft. (0.7 mi.)
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1999
Also called
BNSF Fort Madison Bridge
ATSF Fort Madison Bridge
Fort Madison Toll Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.62510, -91.29392 (decimal degrees)
40°37'30" N, 91°17'38" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/644296/4498540 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fort Madison
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
2,710
Inventory numbers
NRHP 99001035 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
IA 33280 (Iowa bridge number)
IL 034-9902 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 13818 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2011)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 36.6 (out of 100)
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Added 09/24/2019
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