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The Bridgeport Bridge was a historic structure located near
Denmark, Iowa Denmark is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in northeastern Lee County, Iowa, United States. It lies along Iowa Highway 16, north of the city of Fort Madison, the county seat of Lee County. Its elevation is above sea level ...
, United States. This span was a replacement bridge for the original structure whose middle stone pier was deteriorating. The weaknesses in the old bridge were noted in 1887 and 1893. Both
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and
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counties financed the $5,110 construction of this bridge, which spanned the
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between the two counties. with The
Pennsylvania truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements, typically straight, may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...
bridge was built in 1904 by the Clinton Bridge and Iron Works of
Clinton, Iowa Clinton is a city in and the county seat of Clinton County, Iowa, United States. It borders the Mississippi River. The population was 24,469 as of 2020 United States census, 2020. Clinton, along with DeWitt, Iowa, DeWitt (also located in Clinto ...
. It carried local traffic for nearly 90 years before it was closed. On February 27, 2024, the south abutment collapsed. The bridge was demolished over the next three weeks. It had the distinction of being the longest pin-connected truss remaining in Iowa. The Bridgeport Bridge was listed on the
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in 1998.


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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Iowa __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the United States, US state of Iowa. Bridges Notes References

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* Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Bridges completed in 1904 Historic American Engineering Record in Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, Iowa Bridges in Des Moines County, Iowa Bridges in Lee County, Iowa Truss bridges in Iowa Pennsylvania truss bridges in the United States 1904 establishments in Iowa 2024 disestablishments in Iowa Demolished but still listed on the National Register of Historic Places Skunk River (Iowa) {{Iowa-bridge-struct-stub