Benton Street Bridge

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|image = File:3-4 VIEW OF BRIDGE FROM THE WEST BANK OF THE IOWA RIVER, LOOKING NORTHEAST (Harms) - Benton Street Bridge, Spanning Iowa River at Benton Street, Iowa City, Johnson County, IA HAER IOWA,52-IOWCI,4-4 (cropped).tif

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|caption = Benton Street Bridge in Iowa City crossing from the west bank of the Iowa River, looking northeast

|crosses=Iowa River

|complete = 1949

|designer=Edward L. Ashton

|closed= 1989 (demolished)

|locale= Iowa City, Iowa

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Benton Street Bridge was a historically important bridge designed by Edward L. Ashton. It crossed the Iowa River in Iowa City.{{Cite web |url=https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/master/pnp/habshaer/ia/ia0100/ia0198/data/ia0198data.pdf |title=Benton Street Bridge |last=Hess |first=Jeffrey A. |last2=Hybben |first2=Robert |date=October 1989 |work=Historic American Engineering Record |publisher=Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=January 9, 2021}} In 1989 it was demolished and replaced with a modern highway bridge. A historical marker nearby describes the old bridge.

Ned Ashton was a professor of civil engineering at the University of Iowa from 1943 to 1957 and has been called "the most distinguished bridge engineer in the history of Iowa." He designed several bridges over the Mississippi River, and was a pioneer in the design of welded plate girder bridges.{{Cite web |url=http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/legacy/members/ashton.php |title=Edward L. Ashton |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102223729/http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/legacy/members/ashton.php |archive-date=2011-01-02}} In 2007, Aston was inducted into the University of Iowa {{Cite web |url=http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/legacy/ |title=Legacy of Engineering |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035014/http://www.engineering.uiowa.edu/honor-wall/legacy/ |archive-date=2011-07-21}}{{Cite web |last=Kallee |first=Stephan |url=https://www.alustir.com/english/did-you-know/benton-street-bridge/ |title=Benton Street Bridge in Iowa: The First All-welded Steel Bridge in Iowa, and One of the First in the USA |access-date=January 9, 2021}}