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28 data pages
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TITLE:
Open Spandrel Bridge, Hawkeye Avenue, spanning Des Moines River, Fort Dodge, Webster County, IA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,94-FTDO,2-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 17   (4 x 5 in. and 8 x 10 in.)
Data Page(s): 27 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Reynolds, C. H.
Koss Construction Company

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-17

Building/structure dates: 1919 initial construction

Significance: The Hawkeye Avenue Bridge is a well-preserved example of an open spandrel reinforced concrete arch bridge. The bridge was designed by the Fort Dodge City Engineer, C.H. Reynolds, and constructed by Koss Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa.

SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Webster County--Fort Dodge

OTHER TITLE:
Hawkeye Avenue Bridge

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ia0159

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s): 
1. SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, VIEW FROM DOWNSTREAM
2. NORTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, VIEW FROM UPSTREAM
3. 3/4 VIEW OF SOUTH SIDE OF BRIDGE, VIEW FROM WEST BANK
4. WESTERN ROAD APPROACH TO BRIDGE
5. EASTERN ROAD APPROACH TO BRIDGE
6. VIEW OF DECK OF BRIDGE, FACING EAST
7. DETAIL VIEW OF RAILING
8. VIEW OF BUILDER'S PLATE AND RAILING DETAIL
9. VIEW OF CENTER SPAN, VIEW FROM DOWNSTREAM
10. VIEW OF RIVER PIER AND OPEN SPANDREL ARCH DETAIL, VIEW FROM WEST BANK
11. 3/4 VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE DECK AND ARCH DETAIL, VIEW SOUTHWEST
12. LONGITUDINAL VIEW SHOWING PIER, ARCH, AND UNDERSIDE OF DECK, VIEW FACING WEST
13. DETAIL VIEW OF WEST ABUTMENT, VIEW FACING SOUTH
14. DETAIL VIEW OF EAST ABUTMENT, VIEW FROM DOWNSTREAM
15. Original photograph of line drawing in possession of the City Engineer's Office, Fort Dodge, Iowa. ELEVATION OF NORTH SIDE AND PLAN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE OVER THE DES MOINES RIVER, FORT DODGE, IOWA. DATED, 1919.
16. Original photograph of line drawing in possession of the City Engineer's Office, Fort Dodge, Iowa. SECTIONS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE OVER THE DES MOINES RIVER, FORT DODGE, IOWA. DATED, 1919.
17. Original photograph of line drawing in possession of the City Engineer's Office, Fort Dodge, Iowa. SECTION ALONG CENTER LINE AND DETAIL HAND RAIL AND PIER OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGE OVER THE DES MOINES RIVER, FORT DODGE, IOWA. DATED, 1919.

CONTROL #:
IA0159

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