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Upper Iowa River Bridge

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Built
  
1914

Opened
  
1914

Added to NRHP
  
15 May 1998

NRHP Reference #
  
98000772

Architectural style
  
Truss bridge

Nearest city
  
Dorchester

Upper Iowa River Bridge

Location
  
Mays Prairie Rd. over the Upper Iowa River

Built by
  
Clinton Bridge and Iron WorksChambers and Dobson

MPS
  
Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS

Similar
  
Iron Post, Waterloo Ridge Lutheran, Old East Paint Creek Lut, Allamakee County Court Ho, Effigy Mounds National

The Upper Iowa River Bridge, also known as the Hartley Bridge, is a historic structure located southeast of Dorchester, Iowa, United States. It spans the Upper Iowa River for 122 feet (37 m). Allamakee County built the first permanent bridge at this location around 1870. By the early 1910s it had deteriorated to the point of needing to be replaced, and it was removed in 1913. At the time this was on the main road between Dorchester and New Albin. Chambers and Dobson of New Hampton, Iowa was awarded the $2,585 to build the concrete superstructure. The Clinton Bridge and Iron Works of Clinton, Iowa fabricated and erected the Pratt truss structure for $3,490. It was completed in July 1914, and was one of the last bridges erected in the state before the Iowa State Highway Commission standardize bridge designs for through truss bridges. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

References

Upper Iowa River Bridge Wikipedia


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