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High Trestle Bridge at night. The 13-story-high (40-meter) and nearly half-mile-long (770-meter) trestle bridge provides scenic views of the Des Moines River Valley [12] and is located near mining shafts that were worked by Italian immigrant families and others who settled nearby. [13]
On Thursday, the bridge's grand reopening was celebrated in a ceremony attended by over 70 trail users and community leaders. New Trestle to Trestle bridge opens, connecting trail users from Des ...
Towering 13 stories over the Des Moines River, the half-mile-long High Trestle bridge is dramatically framed with a series of offset diagonals formed by sculptures representing coal cribs, a ...
The steel trestle at Martinez, California, shown below, is a modern structure with a long expected lifetime compared to a wooden trestle. Being less susceptible to fire damage in this brushy location is also an advantage. The approaches to the Kate Shelley High Bridge near Boone, Iowa, are steel trestles.
By the mid-1950s, traffic on the bridge was limited to one train at a time. [5] In 1986, some of the bridge towers were damaged in a wind storm. [5] Union Pacific Railroad is the current owner of the bridge, and starting in 2001, they undertook an inspection and repair program; this resulted in both tracks being opened again, but with a 25-mile-per-hour (40 km/h) slow order.
Iowa Falls Bridge: 1928 1998-05-15 ... Manning Milwaukee Railroad Trestle: 1913 2020-08-21 Manning Carroll: Pratt through truss Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge ...
Arboretum Sewer Trestle (1910), Seattle, Washington, NRHP-listed [1] Adamson Bridge (1916), Cherry County, Nebraska, timber stringer trestle bridge built by the Canton Bridge Co. Formerly NRHP-listed. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Bridge, Antietam Creek, Maryland; Bridge A 249, New Mexico; Chacahoula Swamp Bridge (1995), Louisiana; Clio Trestle ...
The Manning Milwaukee Railroad Trestle is a historic structure located in Manning, Iowa, United States. The span was completed in 1913 by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. During World War II the rail bridge was guarded by the Iowa National Guard as it was considered part of a valuable transit route. [2]