Gipple's Quarry Bridge is a historic structure located in a rural area southwest of
Columbus Junction, Iowa
Columbus Junction is a city in Louisa County, Iowa. The population was 1,830 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Muscatine Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Columbus Junction is home of the historic Swinging Bridge, found one block south of Hi ...
, United States. The Louisa County Board of Supervisors approved the petition of T.J. Gipple in April 1893 to replace a timber pile bridge over Buffington Creek, which was near his stone quarry. They awarded a $1,174 contract to the Gillette-Herzog Manufacturing Company of
Minneapolis to build two bridges.
[ with ] The second span was the
County Line Bridge over Long Creek in Columbus Township. The bridge span is supported by stone masonry abutments and piers. The steel components of the bridge were rolled by Carnegie, Gillette-Herzog in
Pittsburgh. The
pony truss bridge is typical of those built in the same era in Iowa, however, like County Line Bridge it has an unusual lower chord configuration with end panels that slope downward from the bearing shoes to the center panels.
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Bridges completed in 1893
National Register of Historic Places in Louisa County, Iowa
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
Truss bridges in Iowa
Steel bridges in the United States
Buildings and structures in Louisa County, Iowa
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