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Elevation From East

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3/4 View From Southwest

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3/4 View, Close Up, From Southwest

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3/4 View, Showing Detail Of Southwest Corner, From Southwest

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3/4 View Showing Underside, From Northwest

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Facts

Overview: Marsh arch bridge over Raccoon River on Pedestrian Walkway in Lake City
Location: Near Lake City, Calhoun County, Iowa
Status: Open to pedestrians
History: Built 1914; Retired from vehicular use 1985
Builders: - Iowa Bridge Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
- James B. Marsh (Designer)
Design: The Lake City Bridge is an early and outstanding example of James B. Marsh's Rainbow Arch design. Unlike most reinforced-concrete arch spans in which the roadway rested on top of the arches in standard configuration, the Marsh design suspended the deck from the arch that sprang from piers and extended above the roadway. Its distinctive "rainbow" profile popularized this type of bridge, and hundreds were constructed in the 1910s, 20s, and 30s, primarily in the Midwest. The Lake City Rainbow Arch, constructed in 1914, was his first experiment in applying this patented design to a multiple span.
Historic American Engineering Record, 1995
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Dimensions: Total length: 271 ft.
Deck width: 18 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30, 1989
Also called: Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge
Raccoon River Bridge
Rainbow Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +42.22832, -94.75609 (decimal degrees)
42°13'42" N, 94°45'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/355083/4676619 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Carroll NE
Inventory numbers: NRHP 88002529 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 37264 (Bridgehunter.com ID)