Motor Mill Bridge, Clayton County, Iowa

Motor Mill Historic Site; listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The original bridge at Motor was a high-sided wooden structure built in 1868 over the Turkey River. It was replaced by a Pratt Through Truss steel bridge in 1899. In June of 1991, flood waters destroyed the south span. The span was not replaced due to low traffic counts and the historic nature of the bridge. The north span was then destroyed by the flood of 2008. This new Pratt through truss steel bridge was completed in December 2012.

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