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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

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)

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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.