Eagle City Bridge

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Overview

Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Iowa River on 160th Street

Location

Eagle City, Hardin County, Iowa

Status

Illegally demolished

History

Built in 1872; Bypassed 1983 and remained open to pedestrians as per the funding agreement; Illegally demolished under the direction of county engineer Rodney Vlotho in 1989, who had to pay $115,600 in damages after losing his court case in 1994

Builder

- King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co. of Cleveland, Ohio [also known as King Bridge Co.]

Design

Bowstring through truss

Also called

Fossler Mill Bridge
Eagle City Flouring Mill Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.47194, -93.14484   (decimal degrees)
42°28'19" N, 93°08'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/488093/4702186 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Owasa

Inventory number

BH 71625 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• November 9, 2021: Updated by Luke: Added link to aerial imagery and added builder per design cues w/ input from Tony Dillon
• May 21, 2020: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
• March 31, 2016: Added by Luke

Sources 

• Luke
• Iowa History Pictures Facebook Page - Video
• Justia - Vlotho v. Hardin County - Court Case
• Historic Map Works - Harrison & Warner 1875 Iowa State Atlas - Hardin County
• Eagle City Winery - Eagle City Flouring Mill - Info on the mill
• Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems - 1980s Aerial Imagery
• Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
• Vintage Aerial | Iowa | Hardin County | 1971 | 24-IHA-29 - 1971 Aerial Image

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