Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 98000477 Added to NRHP 15 May 1998 | Built 1908-1909 Architectural style Truss bridge | |
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Location 3 miles west of Iowa Highway 1, Kilbourn, Iowa Built by Ottumwa Supply and Construction Company MPS Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS Architect Iowa Department of Transportation | ||
The Kilbourn Bridge is located just south of Kilbourn, Iowa, United States. It carried traffic on Lark Avenue over the Des Moines River for 855 feet (261 m). In 1890 the Van Buren County Board of Supervisors contracted with the Western Bridge Company of Chicago to build a bridge at the Kilbourn ferry crossing. It was destroyed in a flood in 1903. The Board of Supervisors put off replacing the bridge until 1907, and then all the proposals came over the $20,000 limit. The following the year they removed the limit. The six-span bridge was designed by the Iowa State Highway Commission (ISHC), and built by the Ottumwa Supply and Construction Company of Ottumwa, Iowa. It was the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the newly formed ISHC. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.