3 miles W. of IA 1, Kilbourn, Iowa. County/parish: Van Buren.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 15, 1998. NRIS 98000477.
Part of Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS (NRIS 64500160).
1 contributing structure.
The Kilbourn Bridge is located south of Kilbourn, Iowa, United States. It carried traffic on Lark Avenue over the Des Moines River for 855 feet (261 m). In 1890, the Van Buren County Board of Supervisors contracted with the Western Bridge Company of Chicago to build a bridge at the Kilbourn ferry crossing. It was destroyed in a flood in 1903, and the Board of Supervisors put off replacing the bridge until 1907, then all the proposals came over the $20,000 limit. They removed the limit the following year. The six-span bridge was designed by the Iowa State Highway Commission (ISHC), and built by the Ottumwa Supply and Construction Company of Ottumwa, Iowa. It was the first large-scale engineering project undertaken by the newly formed ISHC. The Kilbourn Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75337990