High Trestle Trail is a
rail trail
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running from
Ankeny to
Woodward in central
Iowa
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.
[Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF) website]
updated October 2011, retrieved October 14, 2011. The recreation trail opened on April 30, 2011.
[http://www.inhf.org/high-trestle-trail-intro.cfm ''Premier trail and bridge officially opens at Grand Celebration, April 2011'' INHF website, updated October 2011, retrieved October 10, 2011.][http://www.inhf.org//trails/high-trestle.cfm ''Map of High Trestle Trail'' INHF website retrieved March 14, 2011.][http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/conservation/parks-trails/13-high-trestle-trail/map-detail/ ''High Trestle Trail Map'' Polk County Conservation Board website retrieved April 20, 2013.][ ''Transportation Map for Bicyclists'', 2010 edition, (see trail #2) Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) website retrieved February 17, 2010.] It is a paved recreational trail that runs through the
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Boone, and
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counties. The trail's name is derived from a former 1913 bridge that spanned the Des Moines River between the towns of
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and
Woodward.
Conservation board directors and the
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation estimate that more than 3,000 people use this trail each week.
[http://www.inhf.org/high-trestle-trail-intro.cfm ''High Trestle Trail'' Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation website updated June 2011 retrieved July 19, 2011.] The trail is a major component of a planned pair of 100-mile (160 km) loops that will meet near Des Moines.
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Development
The High Trestle Trail follows the route of a former Union Pacific Railroad
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(UPRR) freight line between Woodward and Ankeny, Iowa. UPRR first proposed retiring the line in 2003. The lowa Natural Heritage Foundation (INHF), which had organized other rail-trail projects in Iowa, bought the corridor from UPRR in 2005. As part of the transaction, UPRR donated over $3 million of land value. INHF then transferred sections of the land to partner agencies in the five cities and four counties within the corridor.
Construction on the trail, designed by engineering firm Snyder and Associates, Inc. began in early 2006 to include of trail in Woodward. In 2007, bookend projects in Woodward and Ankeny were constructed. The catalyst for construction came from a $5.6 million Congressional appropriation in 2005. With the help of additional state and federal grants, 20 additional miles of trail were completed and opened to the public in 2008.
The last portion to be completed was the high bridge over the Des Moines River. A $1.75 million grant from Vision Iowa, a project of the Iowa Economic Development Authority, helped fund the construction of a new bridge superstructure designed by Shuck-Britson, Inc., and artwork by RDG Dahlquist Art Studio. The project was officially completed with the grand opening of the bridge in April 2011.
Trestle bridge
The 13-story-high (40-meter) and nearly half-mile-long (770-meter) trestle bridge provides scenic views of the Des Moines River Valley[https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=42663&id=20832839998 ''High Trestle Trail Photos'' High Trestle Trail INHF Facebook website updated April 2011, retrieved July 19, 2011. ] and is located near mining shafts that were worked by Italian immigrant families and others who settled nearby.[http://rdgusa.com/high_trestle_trail/latest_news/components.html ''High Trestle Trail: High Trestle Bridge , Artwork'' Components of Bridge Art on RDg Dahlquist Art Studios website retrieved July 19, 2011.][http://rdgusa.com/high_trestle_trail/latest_news/photos.html ''High Trestle Trail: High Trestle Bridge , Artwork'' Daytime Photos of the bridge art on RDg Dahlquist Art Studios website retrieved July 19, 2011.][http://rdgusa.com/high_trestle_trail/latest_news/2011/04/photos---april-13-2011.html ''High Trestle Trail: High Trestle Bridge , Artwork'' Nighttime Photos of the bridge art on RDg Dahlquist Art Studios website retrieved July 19, 2011.] and its design includes decorative lighting that remains on from dusk until midnight in the summer and until 9:00 pm in the winter.[http://www.inhf.org//trails/high-trestle.cfm ''Central Iowa Trails Network'' INHF website retrieved October 10, 2011.]
The bridge was originally built in the 1970s to carry rail traffic on a Milwaukee Road
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line. With the retirement of that rail line in the early 2000s, the original bridge deck was removed, and its steel I-beams were reused for a new Union Pacific bridge in Boone. However, the piers (or trestles
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) remained in place, and the original piers now support a new deck designed for pedestrian and bicycle traffic
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. Between the removal of the original decking and the construction of its replacement, the single-file line of unconnected concrete piers was informally known as "Iowa's Stonehenge".BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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showcased the High Trestle Trail Bridge as part of a globe-spanning collection of eight eye-catching footbridges.
counties. A connection to
is planned via Big Creek State Park and the Neal Smith Trail.