Rating:
2 votes
Rainbow Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Rock Run on Pedestrian Pathway
- Location
- Iowa Falls, Hardin County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1935; Replaced by a MOB 2013
- Builder
- - Weldon Brothers Construction Co. of Iowa Falls, Iowa
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Also called
- Jones Park Footbridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.51991, -93.25924 (decimal degrees)
42°31'12" N, 93°15'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/478705/4707535 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Iowa Falls West
- Inventory number
- BH 57320 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 22, 2020: Updated by Luke: Noted build date and replacement in 2013 by an ugly MOB
- July 30, 2013: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- July 23, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Refined design
- July 23, 2013: Updated by Clark Vance: This is a deck arch
Sources
- Luke
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
- Iowa Falls Times-Citizen Facebook Page - Info
- The Courier from Waterloo, Iowa on November 15, 1934 - Thursday, November 15, 1934 Iowa Falls Foot Bridge Over Rock Run Creek Begun Venetian Type Architecture Used to Connect Jones Park with Avenue. Iowa Falls, la.
Comments
Rainbow Bridge
Only really gives the contractor, supervising engineers, and the fact that relief funds were used for construction.
Rainbow Bridge
The newspaper OCR is a bit tough to follow. Might be interesting.
Rainbow Bridge
Luke,i have to agree.This MOB is ugly.Just saw it on street view.
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Street view at the end of Washington Ave gives a good view of the bridge.Still would have loved to have seen the original bridge but this is not to be.