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Fish Creek Bridge

Henry County, Iowa

Photos 

Fish Creek Bridge at Oakland Mills

Photo taken by Chris Gonnerman in March 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #251754

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Facts 

Overview
Pinned Pratt truss-leg bedstead bridge, formerly over a branch of Fish Creek on a local road
Location
Oakland Mills, Henry County, Iowa
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1894, moved and restored 2002
Builders
- George E. King Bridge Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
- Schmidt Construction Co. of Winfield, Iowa (Relocator)
Design
2 panel pin-connected bedstead Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 32.2 ft.
Total length: 48.9 ft.
Deck width: 16.1 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1998
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.93565, -91.61496   (decimal degrees)
40°56'08" N, 91°36'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/616598/4532537 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mount Pleasant
Land survey
T. 70 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 20
Inventory numbers
IA 180080 (Iowa bridge number)
BH 13630 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,625)
2-panel truss (50)
Bedstead Pratt pony truss (369)
Bedstead truss (553)
Built 1894 (269)
Built during 1890s (3,383)
George E. King Bridge Co. (45)
Henry County, Iowa (53)
Historic Bridge Weekend 2013 (145)
Iowa (6,865)
NR-listed (3,027)
Oakland Mills, Iowa (3)
 Open to pedestrians (4,692)
Owned by historical society (92)
Pin-connected (5,423)
Pony truss (17,547)
Pratt pony truss (4,131)
Pratt truss (10,843)
Relocated (1,088)
Road-to-trail (107)
Schmidt Construction Co. (7)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,475)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,690)
Truss (38,302)

Update Log 

  • September 4, 2017: New photo from Luke
  • March 29, 2013: Updated by Chris Gonnerman: Corrected location, added details of status.
  • February 20, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: George E. King Bridge Co.

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