Mill Creek Bridge (Cherokee, Iowa)

United States historic place


Mill Creek Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	adjacent to Old Iowa Highway 21 over Mill Creek
Nearest city	Cherokee, Iowa
Coordinates	42°46′38″N 95°31′47″W / 42.77722°N 95.52972°W / 42.77722; -95.52972
Area	less than one acre
Built	1891
Built by	George E. King Bridge Co.
Architect	King Bridge Company
Architectural style	Pratt truss
MPS	Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS
NRHP reference No.	98000811
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1998

The Mill Creek Bridge is located north of Cherokee, Iowa, United States. It spans Mill Creek for 207 feet (63 m). On June 24, 1891, a disastrous flood along the Little Sioux River and its tributaries wiped out nearly every bridge in Cherokee County. The following month the county board of supervisors signed a contract with the George E. King Bridge Co. of Des Moines for 17,650 to replace the bridges. This Pratt truss bridge was fabricated by the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio. It and a similar span over Mill Creek near Larrabee are the only two that remain. This bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. A modern concrete span, built just upstream in 2006, now carries the road. The old bridge is closed to vehicular traffic.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Clayton B. Fraser. "Mill Creek Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
"Historic Bridges of Iowa: Mill Creek Bridge". Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2016-03-10.

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Historic Landmark	Phipps Site
Historic Districts	Cherokee Commercial Historic District Illinois Central Railroad Yard-Cherokee
Individual listings	Bastian Site Lemuel C. and Mary (Vaughn) Boughton House Brewster Site Cherokee Public Library Cherokee Sewer Site Guy M. and Rose (Freeman) Gillette House Lewis Hotel Mill Creek Bridge Roy C. and Lena (Johnson) Seaman House
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