Mederville Bridge

Mederville Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	County road over the Volga River at Mederville
Coordinates	42°45′49.1″N 91°25′17.6″W / 42.763639°N 91.421556°WCoordinates: 42°45′49.1″N 91°25′17.6″W / 42.763639°N 91.421556°W
Built	1918
Built by	F.E. Marsh and Company
Architect	Marsh Engineering Company
Architectural style	Concrete open spandrel arch
MPS	Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS
NRHP Reference #	98000808[1]
Added to NRHP	June 25, 1998

The Mederville Bridge is a historic structure located in the unincorporated community of Mederville, Iowa, United States. It spans the Volga River for 156 feet (48 m). This is only one of a few open spandrel arch bridges constructed in Iowa.^[2] Designed by the Marsh Engineering Company of Des Moines, it replaced a covered timber Howe truss bridge. Clayton County rejected all of the original bids to build the structure when they all came in too high. Six companies bid a second time on the project, and F.E. Marsh and Company of Des Moines won. They completed in the bridge in 1918 for $17,454.32.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Clayton B. Fraser. "Mederville Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-09-01. with photos