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The River Street Bridge over the Iowa River at Iowa Falls, Iowa is an open spandrel bridge built during 1922–1924. It was built by the Weldon Brothers at cost of $16,900, including removal of the previous bridge on the site. It is the fourth bridge constructed on the site, a "pivotal" location in Iowa Falls' development.
Main Street, Iowa Falls, Iowa, 1915. Iowa Falls is a city in Hardin County, Iowa, United States. Iowa Falls is the home of Ellsworth Community College. It is also a regional transportation center, located along U.S. Routes 20 and 65 and the Canadian National and Union Pacific Railroads. The population was 5,106 at the time of the 2020 census. [2]
The Iowa Falls Bridge, also known as the Oak Street Bridge, was a historic structure located in Iowa Falls, Iowa, United States. The span carried U.S. Route 65 over the Iowa River for 255 feet (78 m). The through arch bridge was built by the Weldon Brothers Construction Co. of Iowa Falls in 1928 for $51,374.98.
The Iowa River is noted for recreational and commercial fishing. Game fish include largemouth and smallmouth bass, walleye, northern pike, channel and flathead catfish, crappie and other panfish. The Coralville Reservoir is commercially fished for carp and buffalo fish. Pine Lake State Park is located on the Iowa River at Eldora.
401-714 Washington Ave., the 300 block of Stephens St. and the 200 and 300 blocks of Oak St., Iowa Falls, Iowa: Coordinates: Area: 11 acres (4.5 ha) Architectural style: Italianate Classical Revival: NRHP reference No. 12000889 [1] Added to NRHP: October 31, 2012
The bridge crossing the Iowa River near Steamboat Rock is a launched steel I-girder bridge, the first of its kind in the U.S. [5] The bridge was designed to cross the old-growth woodland of the Iowa River valley with minimal impact. US 20 continues east toward Cedar Falls where it overlaps Iowa 58 for just over one mile
In Iowa, the Mederville Bridge (1918), the Adair Viaduct (1923) and the Iowa Falls Bridge (1928, also built by the Weldon Brothers) are other examples, but the Washington Avenue bridge is notable as a well-preserved two-span example. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]
The Upper Iowa River is a 156-mile-long (251 km) [3] tributary of the Mississippi River in the upper Midwest of the United States. Its headwaters rise in southeastern Minnesota , in Mower County ( Le Roy and Lodi townships ) near the border with Iowa .