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Osage Bridge

Mitchell County, Iowa
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Photo provided by Hank Zaletel

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Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Cedar River on Iowa Highway 9
Location
Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge, truss spans relocated to Allamakee County in 1937, where it served traffic for another 55 years
History
Built 1878 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co., replaced in 1939 with the truss spans being relocated to Allamakee County to serve traffic for 55 years- later destroyed during an attempt to relocate it.
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Whipple through truss (2-spans)
Also called
Highway 9 Bridge
West Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.28351, -92.85246   (decimal degrees)
43°17'01" N, 92°51'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/511969/4792309 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Osage
Inventory number
BH 53095 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1878 (50)
Built during 1870s (545)
Cedar River (Minnesota-Iowa) (80)
Formerly NR-eligible (265)
Iowa (3,511)
Iowa Highway 9 (1)
Lost (10,374)
Mitchell County, Iowa (29)
 Osage, Iowa (1)
Relocated (365)
Replaced by new bridge (7,141)
Through truss (9,211)
Truss (23,575)
Whipple truss (155)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (195)
Wrought iron (225)

Update Log 

  • January 2, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added link to postcard.
  • October 26, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Added category "Wrought iron"
  • August 9, 2012: Updated by Jason Smith: Changed and added information on the bridge
  • August 9, 2012: Updated by Don Morrison: Added category "Cedar River (Minnesota-Iowa)"

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Sources 

  • Don Morrison
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
  • Flickr
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Osage Bridge
Posted August 10, 2012, by Don Morrison (bacchus [at] mchsi [dot] com)

Interesting information, Jason. Where in Winneshiek County was the Bridge moved to?

Growing up in Osage, we called our bridges South Bridge, Lime Kiln Road Bridge, and this one West bridge. The site of the Pierce bridge was called Old South Bridge.

There is also an interesting pontoon bridge just upstream from the site of Pierce Bridge. Sunny Brae Golf Course puts it out seasonally to reach an across-the-river green.

Here's a postcard image of West Bridge.

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