Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning Skunk River, Denmark, Lee County, IA
Summary
Significance: The main span of this bridge may be the longest pinned truss remaining in Iowa and serves as a well-preserved example of a Pratt truss subtype - the Pennsylvania truss. The bridge is significant for its role in the development of regional transportation in the Lee and Des Moines county area.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N233
Survey number: HAER IA-61
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 98000533
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bridgeport
bridge
bridgeport bridge
skunk
skunk river
lee
lee county
iowa
historic american engineering record
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ultra high resolution
high resolution
construction sites
bridge construction
library of congress
national register of historic places
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Denmark
,
40.74171, -91.33737
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html