Oakland Mills Bridge

United States historic place
Oakland Mills Bridge
40°56′08″N 91°37′01.1″W / 40.93556°N 91.616972°W / 40.93556; -91.616972
Arealess than one acre
Built1876
ArchitectMissouri Valley Bridge Company
Architectural stylePratt truss
MPSHighway Bridges of Iowa MPS
NRHP reference No.98000525[1]
Added to NRHPMay 15, 1998

The Oakland Mills Bridge is a historic structure located in Oakland Mills Park southwest of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, United States. The span carried Hickory Road over the Skunk River for 358 feet (109 m).[2] In July 1876 the Henry County Board of Supervisors decided to locate the bridge over the Skunk River at Oakland Mills. After engineers looked over the proposals, they choose the Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company of Leavenworth, Kansas to build the structure. The long-span combination Pratt truss through and pony truss was completed later the same year. The steel components where manufactured by the Phoenix Iron Company of Pennsylvania. It is one of the oldest Pratt through truss bridges in Iowa.[2] Long closed to vehicular traffic, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Michelle Crow-Dolby. "Oakland Mills Bridge". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-02-20. with photos
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