Calamus Creek Bridge

Calamus Creek Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Maxwell, Iowa
Coordinates	41°53′4″N 93°22′54″W / 41.88444°N 93.38167°WCoordinates: 41°53′4″N 93°22′54″W / 41.88444°N 93.38167°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1905
Built by	N.M. Stark and Company
Architectural style	Concrete Luten arch, Other
MPS	Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS
NRHP Reference #	98000486[1]
Added to NRHP	May 15, 1998

The Calamus Creek Bridge near Maxwell, Iowa is a concrete Luten arch bridge that was built in 1905. At a cost of $900, it was built by N.M. Stark and Company, a firm which built several Luten arch bridges that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).^[2] The Calamus Creek Bridge was listed in 1998.^[1]

It has a 25 feet (7.6 m) single span and a total length of 45 feet (14 m).^[2]

The NRHP nomination for the bridge asserts:

Before the codification of bridge design in the state in 1913, Stark built perhaps hundreds of Luten arches throughout Iowa, in exclusive contracts with Story and other counties. This structure in Story County is distinguished as the earliest remaining Luten arch in the state. In fact, with its 1905 construction date, it is one of the oldest Luten arches in the country, built in the same year as Daniel Luten received his patent. For this reason, it is a technologically significant, transportation-related resource.^[2]:5

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References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Clayton B. Fraser (31 August 1994). "Calamus Creek Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-08. possibly with photos?
3. Clayton B. Fraser. "Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-06-08.