The Marsh Engineering Company was a company that designed many significant bridges in the United States, including a number that survive and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was located at 206

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in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm's principal engineer was

James Barney Marsh James Barney Marsh (April 12, 1856June 26, 1936) was an American engineer and bridge designer. He patented a new design for arch bridges. Marsh gave Archie Alexander, the first African-American to graduate as an engineer from Iowa State Universi ...

(1856–1936), an engineer and bridge designer born in North Lake, Wisconsin. Works include: * Dunkerton Bridge (1909), Town street over Crane Creek, Dunkerton, Iowa (NRHP-listed) 2009-0805-MN-MarshConcreteRainbow

* Marsh Concrete Rainbow Arch Bridge (1911), Courtland, Minnesota, is a reinforced concrete through arch bridge, built in 1911 the same year that Marsh obtained a patent for his design. (NRHP-listed) * Rainbow Arch Bridge at Valley City, North Dakota, (was NRHP-listed but was later removed) *

Squaw Creek Bridge The Squaw Creek Bridge was located in Harrison Township in rural Boone County, Iowa, United States. It spanned Squaw Creek for . with The Boone County Board of Supervisors awarded a contract to the N.E. Marsh & Son Construction Company of Des ...

(1917), 120th St. and V Ave. over Squaw Creek, Ridgeport, Iowa (NRHP-listed) *

Mederville Bridge The Mederville Bridge is a historic structure located in the unincorporated area, unincorporated community of Mederville, Iowa, United States. It spans the Volga River (Iowa), Volga River for . This is one of only a few Deck arch bridge, open spand ...

(1918), County road over Volga River, Mederville, Iowa (NRHP-listed) * First Avenue Bridge (1920), US 151 over Cedar River, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (NRHP-listed) * Rainbow Arch Bridge (1922), CO 52, Fort Morgan, Colorado (NRHP-listed) * River Street Bridge (1922-24), Iowa Falls, Iowa (NRHP-listed) Cotter Bridge Spanning White River closeup

Cotter Bridge Spanning White River closeup

Cotter Bridge The Cotter Bridge, also known as the R. M. Ruthven Bridge and the White River Concrete Arch Bridge, carries U.S. Route 62 Business across the White River west of the city of Cotter in Baxter County, Arkansas. Upon completion, the bridge opened ...

, constructed in 1930, is the only bridge built by Marsh Engineering Company of Des Moines, Iowa in the state of Arkansas. It brings U.S. Route 62, over the White River, and opened up a large area of the Ozarks for recreation. (NRHP-listed) Henley-street-bridge-tn1

* Henley Street Bridge, in Knoxville, Tennessee, designed in 1930 The

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(1931), near Tillamook, Washington, and others like it in Washington were designed by notable architect

Conde McCullough Conde Balcom McCullough (May 30, 1887 – May 6, 1946) was an American civil engineer who is primarily known for designing many of Oregon's coastal bridges on U.S. Route 101. The native of South Dakota worked for the Oregon Department of Tr ...

, who had been employed at Marsh Engineering Company during the 1910s.

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