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Wilkinson Pioneer Park Covered Bridge

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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

Map 

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")
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)

Update Log 

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

Sources 

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

Comments 

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.