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 the 1870s; Bypassed 1983 and remained open to pedestrians as per the funding agreement; Illegally demolished under the direction of county engineer Rodney Vlotho in 1989

Builder

- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio (Educated Guess)

Design

Bowstring through truss

Also called

Eagle City Flouring Mill Bridge
Fossler 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 

• 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

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