Mill Race Bridge

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 Bridge & Iron 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 While it remains in place, but it has been replaced by a newer span.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 Mill Race Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

Mill Race Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Pheasant Road over the Turkey River
Nearest city	Eldorado, Iowa
Coordinates	43°04′39″N 91°53′20.6″W
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 No.	98000784[1]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1998

See also

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

References

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

External links

Media related to Dietzenbach Bottom Bridge (Fayette County, Iowa) at Wikimedia Commons

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IA-54, "Dietzenbach Bottom Bridge, Spanning Turkey River at Pheasant Road, Saint Lucas, Fayette County, IA", 9 photos, 12 data pages, 1 photo caption page