Built 1918 NRHP Reference # 98000808 Architecture firm Marsh Engineering Company | Built by F.E. Marsh and Company Opened 1918 Added to NRHP 25 June 1998 | |
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Location County road over the Volga River at Mederville Architectural style Concrete open spandrel arch MPS Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS Similar Clayton County Courthouse, Elkader Keystone Bridge, Carter House, St Mary's Catholic Church, St Joseph's Catholic | ||
The Mederville Bridge is a historic structure located in the unincorporated community of Mederville, Iowa, United States. It spans the Volga River for 156 feet (48 m). This is only one of a few open spandrel arch bridges constructed in Iowa. Designed by the Marsh Engineering Company of Des Moines, it replaced a covered timber Howe truss bridge. Clayton County rejected all of the original bids to build the structure when they all came in too high. Six companies bid a second time on the project, and F.E. Marsh and Company of Des Moines won. They completed in the bridge in 1918 for $17,454.32. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
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