| Kilbourn Bridge | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location | 3 miles (5 km) west of Iowa Highway 1, Kilbourn, Iowa |
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| Coordinates | 40°47′59″N 91°58′14″W / 40.79972°N 91.97056°W / 40.79972; -91.97056 |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1908-1909 |
| Built by | Ottumwa Supply and Construction Company |
| Architect | Iowa State Highway Commission |
| Architectural style | Pratt truss |
| MPS | Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000477 |
| Added to NRHP | May 15, 1998 |
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 Kilbourn Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Fraser, Clayton B. "Kilbourn Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IA-85, "Kilbourn Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Kilbourn, Van Buren County, IA", 13 photos, 1 color transparency, 25 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
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| See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Van Buren County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa | ||
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