Oakland Mills Bridge


Oakland Mills Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	County Road W55 over the Skunk River
Nearest city	Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Coordinates	40°56′08″N 91°37′01.1″W / 40.93556°N 91.616972°W / 40.93556; -91.616972
Area	less than one acre
Built	1876
Architect	Missouri Valley Bridge Company
Architectural style	Pratt truss
MPS	Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS
NRHP reference No.	98000525^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 15, 1998

The Oakland Mills Bridge is a historic structure located in Oakland Mills Park southwest of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. The span carried Hickory Road over the Skunk River for 358 feet (109 m).^[2] In July 1876 the Henry County Board of Supervisors decided to locate the bridge over the Skunk River at Oakland Mills. After engineers looked over the proposals, they choose the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company of Leavenworth, Kansas to build the structure. The long-span combination Pratt truss through and pony truss was completed later the same year. The steel components where manufactured by the Phoenix Iron Company of Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest Pratt through truss bridges in Iowa.^[2] Long closed to vehicular traffic, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Michelle Crow-Dolby. "Oakland Mills Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-02-20. with photos

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Henry County, Iowa
Danville	Geode State Park, Civilian Conservation Corps Area
Lowell	Hugh and Matilda Boyle House and Cemetery Historic District
Mount Pleasant	G. W. S. Allen House Henry Ambler House Dr. J.O. and Catherine Ball House Brazelton House Brazelton House Hotel Budde-Singer Building Camp Harlan-Camp McKean Historic District City Hall George and Margaret Cooper House First National Bank Harlan House Hotel Harlan-Lincoln House Henry County Courthouse Henry County Savings Bank Louisa Building Masonic Temple Theater Masters Building McCandless Building Mount Pleasant Public Library National State Bank Old Main Pleasant Lawn School Historic District Second Baptist Church Timmerman-Burd Building Union Block Zuhn Building
New London	John and Lavina Bangs House McClellan's General Store Peterson Manufacturing Building Smith and Weller Building
Oakland Mills Park	Oakland Mills Bridge
Salem	Bicksler Block Collins-Bond House Cook-Johnson House Joseph A. and Lydia A. Edwards House Farmers Savings Bank Fish Creek Bridge Owen A. and Emma J. Garretson House Holtkamp Round Barn Henderson Lewelling House Lamm-Pollmiller Farmstead District Isaac and Agnes (Bells) Reeves House Paton and Hannah Wilson House
Swedesburg	Charles E. Hult House, Summer Kitchen and Wood Shed John Hultquist House Red Ball Garage Swedesburg Historic Commercial District Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church
Trenton	Benjamin Chapel and Richwoods Cemetery Samuel and Sarah Hulme House
Wayland	Christian K. and Margaret (Rich) Schantz House and Carpentry Shop
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Henry County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa