Cascade Bridge
S. Main St. over Cascade Ravine, Burlington, Iowa
Deck truss bridge over Cascade Ravine on S. Main Street in Burlington
Map
Coordinates:
+40.78122, -91.0984740°46'52" N, 91°05'55" W
Quadrangle map:Burlington
Description
This bridge, a combination of pinned Pratt trusses and a pinned Baltimore truss, is a unique type for Iowa. It is in relatively good and unaltered condition for such an old urban bridge in daily use. A product of the joint construction efforts of the City of Burlington and the Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works, this bridge is a well preserved example of the work of a firm that was in business for a quarter century (until its absorption by American Bridge Company), but about which relatively little is known.
-- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER IA-50)
National Register information
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1998
- Reference number
- 98000793
- Architectural style
- Other architectural type; Baltimore deck truss
- Area of significance
- Engineering
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- Structure
- Historic function
- Road-related
- Current function
- Road-related
- Period of significance
- 1875-1899
- Significant year
- 1896
Update Log
- December 31, 2011: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger