BNSF Grand River Bridge (Talmage)

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BNSF Grand River Bridge (Talmage)

(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #379.51)

This Pratt deck truss bridge once carried a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over the Grand River near the former station of Talmage

Thayer, Union County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1901 using a span fabricated 1890, lengthened 1914

by

Unknown and American Bridge Company of New York (Lassig Plant)

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
150' Pratt deck truss and 2-105' and 2-44' deck plate girders

Description:
Pratt deck truss bridge over Grand River

Significance:

Regional