Black Hawk Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at State Highway 9, Lansing, Allamakee County, IA

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13 b&w photos
10 data pages
1 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Black Hawk Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River at State Highway 9, Lansing, Allamakee County, IA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,3-LANS,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 13 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 9 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-43

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N215).

Building/structure dates: 1931 initial construction

Part of building/structure is in De Soto vicinity, Crawford County, WI.

Significance: This bridge was the only highway bridge over the Mississippi River in the northeast Iowa area at the time of its construction and has played a significant role in the development of that region. The Black Hawk Bridge is one of only five extant long-span cantilevered trusses in Iowa.

SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Allamakee County--Lansing

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.ia0419

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
3/4 VIEW FROM TOP OF BLUFF, FROM NORTHWEST
3/4 VIEW FROM HILLSIDE, FROM NORTHWEST
ELEVATION FROM SOUTHWEST
ELEVATION FROM SOUTHWEST
DETAIL OF MIDDLE SPAN, FROM SOUTHWEST
3/4 VIEW FROM RIVER LEVEL, FROM NORTHWEST
3/4 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST
3/4 VIEW, CLOSE UP, FROM SOUTHEAST
CLOSE UP VIEW FROM WEST
WEST END TOWERING OVER HOUSES, FROM NORTHEAST
DETAIL OF WEST PIER, FROM NORTHWEST
UNDERSIDE, FROM WEST
WEST END APPROACH SPAN, FROM EAST
EAST APPROACH, SMALL TRUSS, ELEVATION FROM SOUTH

CONTROL #:
IA0419

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