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Des Moines Township

Southwest Fifth St. Bridge

The Southwest Fifth St. Bridge is a historic structure located in downtown , . Built in 1898 after a controversy surrounding the bidding process, it is one of the last Pratt through truss bridges left in an urban setting in Iowa.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: truss bridge in Iowa, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Jackson Street Bridge” and “Southwest Fifth Street Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include L. Harbach and Sons Furniture Warehouse and Factory Complex and St. Anthony’s Catholic Church.

Heritage site
Photo: Boscophotos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as the Way-Helms Co. & Red Cross Mattress, L. Ginsberg & Sons wholesale furniture warehouse, and the A.A. is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Southwest Fifth St. Bridge.

Church
St. Anthony's Catholic Church is a Catholic in the Diocese of Des Moines located on the south side of , United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. is situated 1,700 feet south of Southwest Fifth St. Bridge.

Courthouse
Photo: McGhiever, CC BY 4.0.
The located in , United States, was built in 1906. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as a part of the County Courthouses in Iowa Thematic Resource. is situated 3,100 feet northwest of Southwest Fifth St. Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Des Moines and Downtown Des Moines.

Photo: Stephen Matthew Milligan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, capital of , is in the western region of the American . is the largest city in Iowa and the annual site of the Iowa State Fair.

Neighborhood
Photo: BarbaraLN, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the central business district of and the Greater Des Moines Metropolitan Area. is defined by the City of Des Moines as located between the to the east, the to the south, Center Street to the north, and 18th and 15th Streets to the west.

Neighborhood
Photo: Iowahwyman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Historic is a commercial and residential neighborhood in central , United States, directly east of the Downtown Des Moines area.

Southwest Fifth St. Bridge

Latitude
41.57697° or 41° 34′ 37″ north
Longitude
-93.61895° or 93° 37′ 8″ west
Elevation
778 feet (237 metres)
Inception
1898
Open location code
86H8H9GJ+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 496386289
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­heritage
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
4877092
Wiki­data ID
Q7571272
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