Chain Lakes Bridge
Appearance
Chain Lakes Bridge | |
Location | Pedestrian trail over the Cedar River Cedar River |
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Nearest city | Palo, Iowa |
Coordinates | 42°03′00.6″N 91°46′31.9″W / 42.050167°N 91.775528°W |
Built | 1884 |
Architect | Wrought Iron Bridge Company |
Architectural style | Pratt through truss |
MPS | Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 98000529[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 15, 1998 |
The Chain Lakes Bridge is a historic structure located southeast of Palo, Iowa, United States. It carries a pedestrian trail for 370 feet (110 m) over the Cedar River.[2] The Linn County Board of Supervisors began planning for this span in the early 1880s. They appropriated $20,000 for this two-span Pratt through truss[2] The Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio, which built bridges in the county since 1879, completed this structure in 1884. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1] While it was built to carry vehicular traffic, it is now in a nature preserve maintained by the Linn County Conservation Board.
See also
[edit]- Transport portal
- Engineering portal
- Iowa portal
- National Register of Historic Places portal
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Linn County, Iowa
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Robert Hybben; Charlene Roise; Michelle Crow-Dolby. "Chain Lakes Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-06-11. with photo(s)
Categories:
- Bridges completed in 1884
- Truss bridges in Iowa
- Bridges in Linn County, Iowa
- National Register of Historic Places in Linn County, Iowa
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
- Wrought iron bridges in the United States
- Pratt truss bridges in the United States
- Wrought Iron Bridge Company
- 1884 establishments in Iowa
- Cedar River (Iowa River tributary)
- Linn County, Iowa Registered Historic Place stubs
- Iowa bridge (structure) stubs