August 8, 2016: Damage is evident on supports for the 180th Street Bridge over Beaver Creek west of Kiron.
A bowstring bridge in northern Crawford County has been closed to traffic since April and cannot be repaired, the Council Bluffs Nonpareil reports. It will have to be partially or entirely replaced.
The bridge is one of fewer than two dozen of its kind left in Iowa at the turn of the 21st century and one of six built in Crawford County in 1945. For more information see Bowstring Arch Bridges of Iowa (PDF), especially pages 18 and 22.