The 1919 Army Lincoln Highway convoy crossed from Cedar Rapids to Marshalltown 100 years ago today. Its route would have included the then-four-year-old bridge on the east side of Tama. Now, work on preserving that bridge is nearing financial and construction goals.
There is a $21,000 difference in two options for repairing the Lincoln Highway bridge in Tama, according to this story from the Chronicle/News-Herald. The more costly one would involve work on the approaches.
The story says there’s about $90,000 saved up, including historic preservation grant donations. More than half of that came a year ago from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs.