Washington Avenue Bridge (Iowa Falls, Iowa)

United States historic place

Washington Avenue Bridge

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location| Washington Avenue over the Iowa River, Iowa Falls, Iowa
Coordinates| 42°31′11″N 93°16′16″W﻿ / ﻿42.51972°N 93.27111°W﻿ / 42.51972; -93.27111
Area| less than one acre
Built| 1934
Built by| Iowa State Highway Commission; Weldon Brothers
Architectural style| Open spandrel arch
MPS| Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS
NRHP reference No.| 98000518[1]
Added to NRHP| May 15, 1998

The Washington Avenue Bridge in Iowa Falls, Iowa is an attractive concrete two-span open spandrel arched bridge that brings Washington Avenue over the Iowa River. Originally it carried US 20. It was built in 1934 by the Weldon Brothers for $51,710.55.[2]

In the 1920s and 1930s if a relatively long bridge was required in a rural area, it would have been built using steel trusses, but in this urban setting where there is enough height in the bridge to allow wide arches, a concrete open-spandrel arch bridge could be built, and be worthwhile for its attractiveness. In Iowa, the Mederville Bridge (1918), the Adair Viaduct (1923) and the Iowa Falls Bridge (1928, also built by the Weldon Brothers) are other examples, but the Washington Avenue bridge is notable as a well-preserved two-span example.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

## See also[edit]

* Transport portal
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* Iowa portal
* National Register of Historic Places portal
* List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Hardin County, Iowa

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ a b Michelle Crow-Dolby and Clayton Fraser (August 31, 1994). "Washington Avenue Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-18. with Photo from 1991

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National Register of Historic Places in Hardin County, Iowa

Ackley|

* Illinois Central Combination Depot-Ackley

Alden|

* Alden Bridge
* Alden Public Library

Eldora|

* Civilian Conservation Corps-Prisoner of War Recreation Hall
* Eldora Downtown Historic District
* Eldora Public Library
* First Congregational Church
* Hardin County Courthouse
* Hardin County Home Historic District

Iowa Falls|

* Carnegie-Ellsworth Public Library
* Edgewood School of Domestic Arts
* Ellsworth-Jones Building
* Estes Park Band Shell
* First National Bank
* Iowa Falls Bridge
* Iowa Falls Union Depot
* Glenn and Nell Kurtz Lustron Home and Garage
* McClanahan Block
* Metropolitan Opera House
* Mills Tower Historic District
* Princess Sweet Shop
* River Street Bridge
* St. Matthew's by the Bridge Episcopal Church
* Sentinel Block
* Slayton Farms-Round Barn
* Union Cemetery Gardener's Cottage
* U.S. Post Office-Iowa Falls
* W.R.C. Hall
* Washington Avenue Bridge
* Washington Avenue Commercial Historic District

New Providence|

* Honey Creek Friends' Meetinghouse
* New Providence Building Association Stores
* New Providence School Gymnasium

Steamboat Rock|

* Folkert Mound Group
* Steamboat Rock Consolidated Schools Building

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

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