The Boone River Bridge is a historic structure located north of Goldfield, Iowa, United States. It is a 6-panel, 128-foot (39 m) Warren Pony truss span over the Boone River.[2] The construction began in 1910. The bridge was built in 1912 by the Iowa Bridge Company using steel fabricated at the Cambria steel mills in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The Boone River Bridge is one of the few remaining multiple span pin-connected Pratt trusses in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1][3]
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| Location | Buchanan Ave. over the Boone River |
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| Nearest city | Goldfield, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42°51′26″N 93°56′46″W / 42.85722°N 93.94611°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1912 |
| Built by | Iowa Bridge Company |
| Architectural style | Warren Pony truss |
| MPS | Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000457[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 15, 1998 |
The bridge was rehabilitated in 1940.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Clayton B. Fraser. "Boone River Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-02-05.
- ^ "Wagon Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Boone, Boone County, IA". Library of Congress. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Tremaine Bridge (Bone's Mill Bridge - Bever Bridge (Iowa Number 171920)) - HistoricBridges.org". historicbridges.org. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
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