Benton Street Bridge Explained

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Benton Street Bridge
Crosses:	Iowa River
Complete:	1949
Designer:	Edward L. Ashton
Closed:	1989 (demolished)
Locale:	Iowa City, Iowa

Benton Street Bridge was a historically important bridge designed by Edward L. Ashton. It crossed the Iowa River in Iowa City.^[1] In 1989 it was demolished and replaced with a modern highway bridge. A historical marker nearby describes the old bridge.

Ned Ashton was a professor of civil engineering at the University of Iowa from 1943 to 1957 and has been called "the most distinguished bridge engineer in the history of Iowa." He designed several bridges over the Mississippi River, and was a pioneer in the design of welded plate girder bridges.^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Iowa

Notes and References

1. Web site: Benton Street Bridge . Hess . Jeffrey A. . Hybben . Robert . October 1989 . . Library of Congress . Washington, D.C. . January 9, 2021.
2. Web site: Edward L. Ashton . https://web.archive.org/web/20110102223729/http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/legacy/members/ashton.php . 2011-01-02. In 2007, Aston was inducted into the University of Iowa Web site: Legacy of Engineering . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035014/http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/legacy/ . 2011-07-21.
3. Web site: Kallee . Stephan . Benton Street Bridge in Iowa: The First All-welded Steel Bridge in Iowa, and One of the First in the USA . January 9, 2021.