# Matsell Bridge

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The **Matsell Bridge** is a historic structure located northeast of [Springville, Iowa](/source/Springville,_Iowa), United States. It carries Matsell Park Road for 303 feet (92 m) over the [Wapsipinicon River](/source/Wapsipinicon_River).[2] This bridge replaced a [bowstring truss bridge](/source/Bowstring_truss_bridge) that had been built in stages between 1870 and 1906. E.W. Blumenschein, bridge design engineer for the [Iowa State Highway Commission](/source/Iowa_State_Highway_Commission), recommended a [plate girder bridge](/source/Plate_girder_bridge) as a replacement. Clifford Shoemaker, District Engineer of the Federal Bureau of Public Roads, approved the plans as the new span was built by the [Works Progress Administration](/source/Works_Progress_Administration). It was constructed by Amos Melberg for about $22,300.[2] The bridge was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places) in 1998.[1]

## See also

- [List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa](/source/List_of_bridges_on_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_Iowa)
- [National Register of Historic Places listings in Linn County, Iowa](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Linn_County,_Iowa)

## References

1. Robert Hybben; Charlene Roise; Michelle Crow-Dolby. "Matsell Bridge". [National Park Service](/source/National_Park_Service). Retrieved 2017-06-11. with

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