Wilkinson Pioneer Park Covered Bridge

Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

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Side view

These first three photos, taken by Jason Smith, show the original bridge in 1998 before it was destroyed by aron
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Inside view

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Approach roadway

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View from a distance

These photos, taken by Birgit Smith, show the reconstructed bridge in 2005
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Side view

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Portal

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Approach roadway

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Facts 

Overview
Modern covered bridge over a branch of Shell Rock River at Wilkinson Pioneer Park, southeast of Rock Falls
Location
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Originally built 1969; destroyed by arson 1997; reconstructed 1998
Design
Lattice through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 50.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.19400, -93.07400   (decimal degrees)
43°11'38" N, 93°04'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey
T. 96 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 27
Inventory numbers
WGCB 15-17-01 #2 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 13105 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1998 (23)
Built during 1990s (198)
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa (24)
Iowa (2,120)
Lattice truss (53)
One-lane traffic (306)
Open (21,540)
Span length 50-75 feet (4,624)
Through truss (5,175)
Truss (15,706)

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Wilkinson Pioneer Park Covered Bridge
Posted May 2, 2006, by Rich Kaduce (duce1955 [at] aol [dot] com)

I grew up in this area and I think the bridge was built about 1969. It made the news as being the first covered bridge built in Iowa in almost a hundred years.