Lincoln Highway Bridge (Tama, Iowa)

Lincoln Highway Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Lincoln Highway Bridge summer 1995
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Location	East 5th Street Tama, Iowa
Coordinates	41°57′50″N 92°33′44″W / 41.96389°N 92.56222°W / 41.96389; -92.56222
Area	less than one acre
Built	1914
Built by	Paul N. Kingsley
Architect	Iowa Highway Commission
Architectural style	Steel stringer bridge
NRHP reference No.	78001263[1]
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1978

The Lincoln Highway Bridge is located in Tama, Iowa, United States, along the historic Lincoln Highway. The Steel stringer bridge was built in 1914, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It spans Mud Creek for 22 feet (6.7 m) with a width of 24 feet (7.3 m).^[2] The bridge is noteworthy for its distinctive railings. They are 3.33 feet (1.01 m) high, and feature the words "Lincoln Highway" in concrete. Local boosters of the Lincoln Highway paid for the railings as a way of promoting the roadway.^[3] The bridge was designed by the Iowa Highway Commission and built by Paul N. Kingsley, a contractor from Strawberry Point, Iowa.

See also

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

References

External links

• Media related to Lincoln Highway Bridge (Tama, Iowa) at Wikimedia Commons
• 360 view of the Lincoln Highway Bridge in Tama, IA
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IA-75, "Lincoln Highway Bridge, Spanning Mud Creek at Fifth Street, Tama, Tama County, IA", 5 photos, 12 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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