Winnebago River Bridge, Spanning Winnebago River at U.S. Highway 65, Mason City vicinity, Cerro Gordo County, IA

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8 b&w photos
18 data pages
1 photo caption pages

TITLE:
Winnebago River Bridge, Spanning Winnebago River at U.S. Highway 65, Mason City vicinity, Cerro Gordo County, IA

CALL NUMBER:
HAER IOWA,17-MASCIT,10-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 8 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 17 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

RELATED NAME(S):
Henkel, William
Iowa State Highway Commission

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IA-78

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N249).

Building/structure dates: 1926 initial construction

Significance: The Winnebago Bridge, the longest monolithic concrete girder in Iowa, is the most technologically significant of the state's numerous concrete cantilevered girder bridges designed by the Iowa State Highway Commission. It also marks the culmination of this type of construction by ISHC.

SUBJECTS:
IOWA--Cerro Gordo County--Mason City vicinity

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.ia0459

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. NORTH APPROACH TO WINNEBAGO RIVER BRIDGE ON SOUTHBOUND U.S. HIGHWAY 65 LOOKING SOUTH.
2. OVERALL VIEW OF THE WINNEBAGO RIVER BRIDGE, EAST SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
3. GENERAL VIEW OF THE EAST SIDE LOOKING WEST.
4. GENERAL VIEW OF THE CANTILEVER PIER, EAST SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST.
5. GENERAL VIEW OF NORTH WINGWALL LOOKING SOUTHWEST TOWARD ABANDONED WATERPUMP FACILITY FOR A SUGAR PROCESSING PLANT SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE.
6. DETAIL VIEW OF NORTH ABUTMENT LOOKING WEST.
7. GENERAL VIEW OF CANTILEVER DECK GIRDER, WEST SIDE, LOOKING NORTHEAST.
8. DETAIL VIEW OF CANTILEVER GIRDER ON PIER LOOKING NORTHEAST.

CONTROL #:
IA0459

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