Jefferson Street Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at U.S. Highway 63/34, Ottumwa, Wapello County, IA

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42 data pages
2 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Jefferson Street Viaduct, Spanning Des Moines River at U.S. Highway 63/34, Ottumwa, Wapello County, IA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,90-OTT,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 21 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 41 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-86

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N257).

Building/structure dates: 1936 initial construction

Significance: As one of Iowa's most handsomely proportioned highway trusses, the Jefferson Viaduct -- a continuous Warren deck truss -- is technologically noteworthy as an uncommon application of deck truss technology in Iowa. It is an important example of Iowa urban bridge construction from the 1930s with its structural integrity largely intact.

SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Wapello County--Ottumwa

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ia0467

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. NORTH APPROACH TO JEFFERSON STREET VIADUCT LOOKING SOUTH.
2. OVERALL VIEW OF THE EAST SIDE LOOKING NORTHEAST.
3. GENERAL VIEW OF THE SOUTH APPROACH SPAN, EAST SIDE, GIRDER DECK TRUSS, LOOKING WEST.
4. GENERAL VIEW OF CONTINUED SOUTH APPROACH, EAST SIDE, WARREN DECK TRUSS, LOOKING WEST.
5. GENERAL VIEW OF EAST SIDE RIVER CROSSING, A WARREN DECK TRUSS, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
6. GENERAL VIEW OF WEST SIDE OF RAILROAD CROSSING, CONTINUOUS GIRDERS, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
7. GENERAL VIEW OF ARCHED WARREN DECK TRUSS, EAST SIDE BETWEEN PIERS TWO AND THREE, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
8. DETAIL VIEW OF ARCHED WARREN DECK TRUSS OVER PIER FIVE, EAST SIDE, LOOKING WEST.
9. DETAIL VIEW OF ARCHED WARREN DECK TRUSS OVER PIER TWO, EAST SIDE, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
10. DETAIL VIEW OF THE FLOOR SYSTEM AND LATERAL BRACING OF WARREN DECK CROSSING DES MOINES RIVER AT PIER TWO, LOOKING NORTH.
11. DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTH APPROACH PIER BETWEEN GIRDER AND WARREN DECK TRUSS, WEST SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST.
12. DETAIL VIEW OF FLOOR SYSTEM AND LATERAL BRACING OF WARREN DECK TRUSS OF SOUTH APPROACH, LOOKING SOUTH.
13. DETAIL VIEW OF PIER AT SOUTH APPROACH AND RIVER CROSSING, WARREN DECK TRUSSES, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
14. DETAIL VIEW OF PIER AT RIVER CROSSING AND NORTH APPROACH, LOOKING WEST.
15. GENERAL VIEW OF FLOOR SYSTEM AND LATERAL BRACING OF THE NORTH APPROACH, LOOKING NORTH.
16. DETAIL VIEW OF NORTH APPROACH PIER CONNECTING GIRDER TRUSSES OVER RAILROAD AND REINFORCED CONCRETE APPROACH, LOOKING NORTHWEST.
GENERAL VIEW OF EAST SIDE RIVER CROSSING, A WARREN DECK TRUSS, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
18. HISTORIC VIEW OF JEFFERSON STREET BRIDGE AND VIADUCT. 1935-36.
19. HISTORIC VIEW OF JEFFERSON STREET BRIDGE AND VIADUCT. 1935-36.
20. HISTORIC VIEW OF JEFFERSON STREET BRIDGE AND VIADUCT. 1935-36.
21. HISTORIC VIEW OF JEFFERSON STREET BRIDGE AND VIADUCT. 1935-36.
22. HISTORIC VIEW OF JEFFERSON STREET BRIDGE AND VIADUCT. 1935-36.

CONTROL #:
IA0467

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