The State Street Bridge is a historic structure located in
Mason City, Iowa
Mason City is a city and the county seat of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 27,338 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Mason City is known for its musical heritage, a significant ...
, United States. The span carries East State Street over Willow Creek for . In the mid- to late-19th century, State Street was the only road into town from the east. There was a bridge at this crossing from at least 1875, but it is unknown what kind of bridges or how many served the crossing.
[ with ] This bridge was completed in 1903 and features a barrel arch with filled
spandrel
A spandrel is a roughly triangular space, usually found in pairs, between the top of an arch and a rectangular frame, between the tops of two adjacent arches, or one of the four spaces between a circle within a square. They are frequently fil ...
s. Although the original guardrails have been replaced, it is the oldest roadway arch bridge in
Cerro Gordo County.
[ It was listed on the ]National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1998.
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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
References
Bridges completed in 1903
Arch bridges in Iowa
Bridges in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
National Register of Historic Places in Mason City, Iowa
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
Buildings and structures in Mason City, Iowa
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