Career
He was a graduate of Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in Ames. He is known for reinforced concrete arch bridges, which he holds a 1911 patent for, throughout the United States. An example is the Cotter Bridge in Arkansas.
The Big Creek Bridge in Oregon is similar in design.
Several of these bridges remain and are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Hundreds of Marsh "Rainbow" bridges were constructed in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s because of their popular design and appearance.
Notable works include:
Beaver Creek Bridge, M Avenue. over Beaver Crown Perry, Iowa Marsh, James B., NRHP-listed
Beaver Creek Bridge, 210th Saint over Beaver Crown
Ogden, Iowa Marsh, James B., NRHP-listed
Big Creek Bridge 2, 2130 320th Saint over Big Crown
Madrid, Iowa Marsh, James B., NRHP-listed
Blacksmith Creek Bridge, West of Topeka Topeka, Kansas Marsh,James Barney, NRHP-listed
Brush Creek Bridge, North of Baxter Springs Baxter Springs, Kansas Marsh,James Barney, NRHP-listed
Cedar Creek Bridge, Fetal alcohol syndrome 96 Elgin, Kansas Marsh,James Barney, NRHP-listed
Conroe Bridge, East of Junction City Junction City, Kansas Marsh,James Barney, NRHP-listed
Court Avenue Bridge, Court Avenue. over Des Moines R. Des Moines, Iowa Marsh, James B., NRHP-listed
Creamery Bridge, Fetal alcohol syndrome 456 Osawatomie, Kansas Marsh,James Barney, NRHP-listed
Des Moines River Bridge, Company Road P14 over East Fork of Des Moines R. Swea City, Iowa Marsh, James B., NRHP-listed
Dewlen-Spohnhauer Bridge, Old United States 160 Independence, Kansas Marsh,James Barney, NRHP-listed
Mack, John, Bridge, South. Broadway across the Big Arkansas R. Wichita, Kansas Marsh,James B., NRHP-listed
Marsh Rainbow Architecture Bridge, Highway N37 over North Raccoon River Lake City, Iowa Marsh,James Barney, NRHP-listed
Marsh Rainbow Architecture Bridge, Spring Saint Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin Marsh,James B., NRHP-listed
Miller Ree Creek Bridge, West edge of Miller Miller, South Dakota Marsh,James B., NRHP-listed
Mine Creek Bridge, East of Mound City Mound City, Kansas Marsh,James Barney, NRHP-listed
Neosho River Bridge, East of Hartford Hartford, Kansas Marsh,James Barney, NRHP-listed
Pottawatomie Creek Bridge, Fetal alcohol syndrome 1604 Osawatomie, Kansas Marsh,James Barney, NRHP-listed
Rockwell City Bridge, 270th Saint over unnamed stream Rockwell City, Iowa Marsh, James B., NRHP-listed
Soden"s Grove Bridge, Kansas 57/99 Emporia, Kansas Marsh,James Barney, NRHP-listed
Squaw Creek Bridge, 120th Saint and V Avenue. over Squaw Crown
Ridgeport, Iowa Marsh, James B., NRHP-listed
Squaw Creek Bridge 2, 110th Saint and V Avenue. over Squaw Crown
Ridgeport, Iowa Marsh, James B., NRHP-listed.
