Mill Creek Bridge (Cherokee, Iowa)

Mill Creek Bridge
Location adjacent to Old Iowa Highway 21 over Mill Creek
Nearest city Cherokee, Iowa
Coordinates 42°46′38″N 95°31′47″W / 42.77722°N 95.52972°W / 42.77722; -95.52972Coordinates: 42°46′38″N 95°31′47″W / 42.77722°N 95.52972°W / 42.77722; -95.52972
Area less than one acre
Built 1891
Built by George E. King Bridge Co.
Architect King Bridge Company
Architectural style Pratt truss
MPS Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS
NRHP reference # 98000811[1]
Added to NRHP June 25, 1998

The Mill Creek Bridge is located north of Cherokee, Iowa, United States. It spans Mill Creek for 207 feet (63 m).[2] On June 24, 1891 a disastrous flood along the Little Sioux River and its tributaries wiped out nearly every bridge in Cherokee County. The following month the county board of supervisors signed a contract with the George E. King Bridge Co. of Des Moines for 17,650 to replace the bridges.[2] This Pratt truss bridge was fabricated by the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio. It and a similar span over Mill Creek near Larrabee are the only two that remain. This bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1] A modern concrete span, built just upstream in 2006, now carries the road.[3] The old bridge is closed to vehicular traffic.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Clayton B. Fraser. "Mill Creek Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  3. ↑ "Historic Bridges of Iowa: Mill Creek Bridge". Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
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