Klondike Bridge
The Klondike Bridge is located southwest of Larchwood, Iowa, United States. The span carried traffic on 180th Street over the Big Sioux River. The Iowa Legislature passed the Brockway Act that required counties to use Iowa State Highway Commission standards for bridge construction rather than the counties acting on their own in 1913. The ISHC spent the next year standardizing plans. It is in this transition period that the Lyon County Board of Supervisors decided to replace an outdated 1901 span at this location. They contracted with the Western Bridge and Construction Company of Omaha, Nebraska to build this bridge. They used a Pratt through truss of their own design for the main span. It was flanked by two Warren pony trusses from the ISHC. In 1914, the structure was completed for $11,586.11. The historical nature of this bridge is derived from its construction in the transition period, and its use of standard and non-standard bridge designs. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The span has subsequently been abandoned.
