Area less than one acre Architectural style concrete deck girder Opened 1914 Added to NRHP 15 May 1998 | Built 1914 NRHP Reference # 98000499 Body of water Iowa River Nearest city Le Grand | |
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Architect Marshall City Engineer, IA State Hwy; Capital City Construction MPS Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS Similar Dobbin Round Barn, First Church of Christ - Sc, Quarry Bridge, Thaddeus Binford House, Robert H Sunday House | ||
The Le Grand Bridge was built in 1914-1915. It is a concrete girder bridge that is one of the early examples of work of that type by the Iowa State Highway Commission.
History
The LeGrand Bridge carried traffic over the Iowa River for more than fifty years. The bridge is a multiple-span reinforced concrete girder construction. This type of bridge construction was typical in Marshall County, Iowa since the Brockway Act of 1913. Marshall county supervisors contracted with Des Moines-based Capital City Construction Company to build the bridge, which was completed early in 1915. The county later rechanneled the river and rerouted the road. The LeGrand Bridge now stands abandoned over a backwater of the river.
References
Le Grand Bridge (1914) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA