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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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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")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/493987/4782361 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 96 N., R. 19 W., Sec. 27
USGS topographic map
Nora Springs
Inventory numbers
WGCB 15-17-01 #2 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 13105 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1998 (39)
Built during 1990s (306)
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa (56)
Iowa (3,506)
Lattice through truss (198)
Lattice truss (265)
Modern (605)
 One-lane traffic (7,112)
Open (28,313)
Shell Rock River (34)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Through truss (9,210)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • May 1, 2006: Posted photos from Jason and Birgit Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
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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.