Big Blue River Bridge (Surprise, Nebraska)

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Big Blue River Bridge
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LocationTownship road over the Big Blue River, 1 mile southeast of Surprise
Nearest city Surprise, Nebraska
Coordinates 41°6′3″N97°17′28″W / 41.10083°N 97.29111°W / 41.10083; -97.29111
Arealess than one acre
Built1897
Built by Canton Bridge Co.; Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.
Architectural stylePin-connected Pratt truss
MPS Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No. 92000708 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 29, 1992

The Big Blue River Bridge near Surprise, Nebraska is a pin-connected Pratt truss bridge that was built in 1897. It was designed and built by the Canton Bridge Co. with steel fabricated by the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. Also denoted NEHBS No. BU00-84, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1] [2] It was deemed significant as a relatively rare example, and one of the oldest examples documented in Nebraska, of a truss leg bedstead bridge. [2]

As of 2010, the bridge was closed to traffic. [3] The Bridge is no longer closed.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Clayton B. Fraser (June 30, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Big Blue River Bridge / NEHBS Number BUOO-84". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1989
  3. See October 2010 photo of bridge