This relatively routine steel girder bridge was built in 1980. When this bridge was built, the highway was rebuilt and realigned about 1/4 mile to the east. As a result, this is the first bridge in this location. The road crossed the river at an angle, resulting in a bridge that is shaped like a rhombus.

The old bridge was known as the Iron Bridge. The location of that bridge is shown in the bottom two photos. It was a steel through truss bridge. The county would have like to have kept the old bridge for historical purposes, but it was too expensive to maintain, and vandals often attacked the old bridge.

One thing to notice here is that the Mississippi River has become a much bigger river since the past bridge at Highway 5, and dramatically bigger than the 10 inch deep stream at 510th Street or Coffee Pot Landing. The river size is due to several other smaller rivers merging with the Mississippi in the two miles west of this location.