Transportation
1909 Maytag touring car
Car Accident in Winnebago County, 1937
Riverboat Passes Through Dubuque, 1959
Train on Trestle, Preston 
Interurban, ca. 1920
Transportation by Trolley
Busy Street, Early 1900s
City Bus, Late 1800s 
Car in Muddy Road Rut, ca. 1920
Aluminum Bridge, 1958 
Collapsed Bridge, ca.1917
Grouting Brick Roads
Aluminum Bridge, 1958
Time Frame: 1958
The first and only aluminum highway overpass was opened in Urbandale over Interstate 35/80. In the late 1950s the Iowa Highway Commission experimented with use of aluminum as an alternative to steel. Aluminum was abandoned after steel again became more available in the 1960s. 1958.
Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Transportation
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