Benton Street Bridge

Benton Street Bridge
Coordinates 41°39′02″N 91°32′20″W / 41.6506°N 91.539°W / 41.6506; -91.539Coordinates: 41°39′02″N 91°32′20″W / 41.6506°N 91.539°W / 41.6506; -91.539
Crosses Iowa River
Locale Iowa City, Iowa
History
Designer Edward L. Ashton
Construction end 1949
Closed 1989 (demolished)

Benton Street Bridge was a historically important bridge designed by Edward L. Ashton. It crossed the Iowa River in Iowa City.[1] In 1989 it was demolished and replaced with a modern highway bridge. A historical marker nearby describes the old bridge.

Ned Ashton has been called "the most distinguished bridge engineer in the history of Iowa and was a professor of civil engineering at the University of Iowa from 1943 to 1957. He designed several bridges over the Mississippi River, and was a pioneer in the design of welded plate girder bridges.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Historic American Engineering Record HAER IOWA,52-IOWCI,4-, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ia0198
  2. ↑ Benton Street Bridge, Historic American Engineering Record, Library of Congress.
  3. ↑ Edward L. Ashton, inducted into the University of Iowa Legacy of Engineering, 2007.

Coordinates: 41°39′2.32″N 91°32′20.47″W / 41.6506444°N 91.5390194°W / 41.6506444; -91.5390194


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