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IANR Flood Creek Bridge

Deck Plate Girder Bridge over Flood Creek
Packard, Butler County, Iowa

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Name IANR Flood Creek Bridge
Built By Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Contractor American Bridge Company of New York
Currently Owned By Iowa Northern Railway
Length 170 feet Total, 70 Foot Main Span
Width 1 Track
Height Above Ground 12 Feet (Estimated)
Superstructure Type Deck Plate Girder
Substructure Type Deck Plate Girder
Date Built 1929
Traffic Count 3 Trains/Day (Estimated)
Current Status In Use
Significance Local Significance
Documentation Date March 2015


Located north of Clarksville, this three span deck girder bridge crosses Flood Creek.

The bridge was built by American Bridge Company in 1929 to replace a similar bridge. That bridge was in a wreck in 1916, in which a train derailed and killed four.
Currently, the bridge contains three deck girder spans, set onto concrete substructures.
Overall, the bridge appears to be in good condition.

Historic Photo
Photo of the 1916 derailment. Credit to PhotoLibrarian on Flickr, used with Creative Commons permission.

The author has ranked this bridge as being locally significant, due to the common design.
The photo above is an overview.

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Build Date Destruction of previous bridge
Contractor Missing American Bridge Company plaque
Railroad Line History Source ICC Valuation Information, Compiled by Richard S. Steele