Indian Creek Bridge

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Indian Creek Bridge

| nrhp_type =

| image = Indian-Creek-Bridge-3.jpg

| caption =

| nearest_city= Cedar Rapids, Iowa

| coordinates = {{coord|41|58|2|N|91|34|52|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Iowa#USA

| built = 1880

| architect = Wrought Iron Bridge Company

| architecture = Pinned Pratt through truss

| added = May 15, 1998

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500160|title=Highway Bridges of Iowa MPS}}

| refnum = 98000514{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

The Indian Creek Bridge is a wrought iron bridge, built about 1880 to the east of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The bridge crosses the Indian Creek, a tributary of the Cedar River, in Linn County. It was designed and built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company (WIBCO) of Canton, Ohio as an eight-panel pin-connected through truss in an unusual double-intersection Pratt design.{{cite web|last=Roise|first=Charlene|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Indian Creek Bridge|publisher=National Park Service|author2=Hess, Demian |author3=Fraser, Clayton |date=August 31, 1994}}

The overall span measures {{convert|115|ft|m}}, carrying a {{convert|15.58|ft|m|adj=on}} wide roadway. Including the approach spans, the bridge has a total length of {{convert|191|ft|m}}. The bridge rests on stone piers and abutments, with timber pile piers and abutments supporting the timber stringer approach spans. The bridge deck is timber, laid perpendicular to the span. The bridge features decorative cresting and lattice lateral bracing. The truss uses rigid horizontal and vertical members and rod bracing for the diagonals.

The Indian Creek Bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1998.