The Bridge to Nowhere? The Sutliff Bridge Story
View from the tavern- a lonesome blick since 2008 Photo taken in September, 2010 Travelling through the rolling hills of southeastern Iowa with another pontist living in the region during the late...
View ArticleMystery Bridge nr. 6: Ripley’s Crossing
Not so far south from Charles City, Iowa and just east of the Avenue of the Saints (US Hwy. 218 and Iowa Hwy. 27), one will find on the map, two crossings over the Cedar River: one carrying the name...
View ArticleModerne ou Historique? The newly rebuilt Sutliff Bridge
Oblique overview of the bridge. Photo taken by Quinn Phelan What is modern and what is historic, when we look at bridges in general? This question is very difficult because it is based on the...
View ArticleMystery Bridge 31: Thacher Truss Railroad Bridge in Waverly, Iowa
Thacher Truss Bridge in background. Photo courtesy of Luke Harden. A few months ago, the Chronicles did a special on the Thacher truss bridges, designed and patented by Edwin Thacher and first used in...
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