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Cherry Street Bridge (Shell Rock, Iowa)

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Built
  
1929

Opened
  
1929

NRHP Reference #
  
98000753

Added to NRHP
  
25 June 1998

Cherry Street Bridge (Shell Rock, Iowa)

Location
  
Cherry St. over a tributary of the Shell Rock River Shell Rock, Iowa

Built by
  
A. Olson Construction Co.

Architect
  
Iowa State Highway Commission

MPS
  
Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS

The Cherry Street Bridge is a historic bridge located in Shell Rock, Iowa, United States. It spans a tributary of the Shell Rock River for 106 feet (32 m). The span required 544.6 cubic yards of concrete and 16,960 pounds (7,690 kg) of steel. It was built by the Waterloo, Iowa bridge contractor A. Olson Construction Co. for $15,690 and completed in August 1929. It replaced an older through truss bridge, and originally had lights on the bulkheads of the guard rails. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

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Cherry Street Bridge (Shell Rock, Iowa) Wikipedia