The Kilbourn Bridge is located just south of Kilbourn, Iowa, United States. It carried traffic on Lark Avenue over the
Des Moines River for .
In 1890 the
Van Buren County Board of Supervisors contracted with the Western Bridge Company of Chicago to build a bridge at the Kilbourn ferry crossing. It was destroyed in a flood in 1903. The Board of Supervisors put off replacing the bridge until 1907, and then all the proposals came over the $20,000 limit. The following the year they removed the limit. The six-span bridge was designed by the
Iowa State Highway Commission
The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) is the government organization in the U.S. state of Iowa responsible for the organization, construction, and maintenance of the primary highway system. Located in Ames, Iowa, DOT is also responsi ...
(ISHC), and built by the Ottumwa Supply and Construction Company of
Ottumwa, Iowa
Ottumwa ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 25,529 at the time of the 2020 U.S. Census. Located in the state's southeastern section, the city is split into northern and southern halves b ...
. It was the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the newly formed ISHC.
[ The Kilbourn Bridge was listed on the ]National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1998.[
]
See also
*
References
External links
*
Bridges completed in 1909
Bridges in Van Buren County, Iowa
Historic American Engineering Record in Iowa
National Register of Historic Places in Van Buren County, Iowa
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
Truss bridges in Iowa
Pratt truss bridges in the United States
{{Iowa-bridge-struct-stub