Kilbourn Bridge


Kilbourn Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	3 miles west of Iowa Highway 1, Kilbourn, Iowa
Coordinates	40°47′59″N 91°58′14″W / 40.79972°N 91.97056°W / 40.79972; -91.97056Coordinates: 40°47′59″N 91°58′14″W / 40.79972°N 91.97056°W / 40.79972; -91.97056
Area	less than one acre
Built	1908-1909
Built by	Ottumwa Supply and Construction Company
Architect	Iowa State Highway Commission
Architectural style	Pratt truss
MPS	Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS
NRHP Reference #	98000477^[1]
Added to NRHP	May 15, 1998

The Kilbourn Bridge is located just south of Kilbourn, Iowa, United States. It carried traffic on Lark Avenue over the Des Moines River for 855 feet (261 m).^[2] In 1890 the Van Buren County Board of Supervisors contracted with the Western Bridge Company of Chicago to build a bridge at the Kilbourn ferry crossing. It was destroyed in a flood in 1903. The Board of Supervisors put off replacing the bridge until 1907, and then all the proposals came over the $20,000 limit. The following the year they removed the limit. The six-span bridge was designed by the Iowa State Highway Commission (ISHC), and built by the Ottumwa Supply and Construction Company of Ottumwa, Iowa. It was the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the newly formed ISHC.^[2] The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 Clayton B. Fraser. "Kilbourn Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

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National Register of Historic Places in Van Buren County, Iowa

Bonaparte	Aunty Green Hotel Bonaparte Historic Riverfront District Bonaparte Pottery Archeological District Des Moines River Locks No. 5 and No. 7 Meek's Flour Mill

Cantril	Wickfield Round Barn

Farmington	Burg Wagon Works Building

Keosauqua	Bentonsport Hotel Manning Lacey-Keosauqua State Park, Lodge and Picnic Area (Area A) Lacey-Keosauqua State Park, Picnic and Custodial Group (Area B) Lacey-Keosauqua State Park, Bathing Area (Area C) Midway Stock Farm Barn Franklin Pearson House Voltaire Twombley Building Van Buren County Courthouse

Kilbourn	Kilbourn Bridge

Milton	Eisenhower Bridge

Mount Zion	Abner Martin House

Vernon	Vernon School

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Van Buren County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa

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