Lincoln Highway Bridge (Tama, Iowa)

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Lincoln Highway Bridge

| nrhp_type =

| image = Lincoln Highway bridge 051549pu.jpg

| caption = Lincoln Highway Bridge summer 1995

| location = East 5th Street
Tama, Iowa

| coordinates = {{coord|41|57|50|N|92|33|44|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Iowa#USA

| built = 1914

| builder = Paul N. Kingsley

| architect = Iowa Highway Commission

| architecture = Steel stringer bridge

| added = March 30, 1978

| area = less than one acre

| refnum = 78001263{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The Lincoln Highway Bridge is located in Tama, Iowa, United States, along the historic Lincoln Highway. The Steel stringer bridge was built in 1914, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It spans Mud Creek for {{convert|22|ft|m}} with a width of {{convert|24|ft|m}}.{{Cite web |url=http://www.iowadot.gov/historicbridges/detail.asp?id=181 |title=Historic Bridges: Lincoln Highway Bridge |publisher=Iowa Department of Transportation |access-date=2016-03-01}} The bridge is noteworthy for its distinctive railings. They are {{Convert|3.33|ft|m}} high, and feature the words "Lincoln Highway" in concrete. Local boosters of the Lincoln Highway paid for the railings as a way of promoting the roadway.{{Cite web |url=http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/nrhp/text/78001263.PDF |title=Lincoln Highway Bridge |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2016-03-01 |last=Crawford |first=Mrs. Ray}} The bridge was designed by the Iowa Highway Commission and built by Paul N. Kingsley, a contractor from Strawberry Point, Iowa.