Mill Race Bridge

Mill Race Bridge
Location Pheasant Rd. over the Turkey River
Nearest city Eldorado, Iowa
Coordinates 43°04′39″N 91°53′20.6″W / 43.07750°N 91.889056°W / 43.07750; -91.889056Coordinates: 43°04′39″N 91°53′20.6″W / 43.07750°N 91.889056°W / 43.07750; -91.889056
Built 1892
Built by Chicago Bridge & Iron Company
Architect Horace E. Horton
Architectural style Warren through truss
MPS Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS
NRHP Reference # 98000784[1]
Added to NRHP June 25, 1998

Mill Race Bridge is a historic structure located northwest of Eldorado, Iowa, United States. It spans the Turkey River for 120 feet (37 m).[2] Its name is derived from its location near a riverside mill. Horace E. Horton, a civil engineer from Minneapolis, had designed wagon bridges for Fayette County in the 1880s. When he joined the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company late in the decade, he took the county with him as a client. Chicago B&I was responsible for providing the county's bridges in the 1890s. This bridge was completed about 1892, but its concrete abutments are not original. While it remains in place, but it has been replaced by a newer span. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Clayton B. Fraser. "Mill Race Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-10-17. with photos


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