Boone River Bridge Explained

Boone River Bridge
Location:Buchanan Ave. over the Boone River
Nearest City:Goldfield, Iowa
Coordinates:42.8572°N -93.9461°W
Area:less than one acre
Built:1912
Builder:Iowa Bridge Company
Architecture:Warren Pony truss
Added:May 15, 1998
Mpsub:Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS
Refnum:98000457

The Boone River Bridge is a historic structure located north of Goldfield, Iowa, United States. It is a 6-panel, 128feet Warren Pony truss span over the Boone River.[1] The construction began in 1910. The bridge was built in 1912 by the Iowa Bridge Company using steel fabricated at the Cambria steel mills in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The Boone River Bridge is one of the few remaining multiple span pin-connected Pratt trusses in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[2]

The bridge was rehabilitated in 1940.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boone River Bridge. National Park Service. 2016-02-05. Clayton B. Fraser.
  2. Web site: Wagon Bridge, Spanning Des Moines River, Boone, Boone County, IA . Library of Congress. 27 August 2021.
  3. Web site: Tremaine Bridge (Bone's Mill Bridge - Bever Bridge (Iowa Number 171920)) - HistoricBridges.org . historicbridges.org . 27 August 2021.