The Lincoln Construction Company was an American construction company in Nebraska. The company built several bridges in Nebraska between 1913 and 1916. A state engineer, after inspecting one of the company's bridge, found that "the workmanship as a whole was decidedly poor" and recommended suspending all payments on the bridge until the "poor appearance" was remedied. [1] Company president, W.S. Collett, stated that the company's experience in the bridge business had been "more or less disastrous, from a financial point... which leads me to the conclusion that I had better quit while my credit remains good." [1]
Despite the findings of the state engineer, five of the bridges built by Lincoln Construction Company have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] They are:
- Cambridge State Aid Bridge, on Nebraska Highway 47 over the Republican River, 0.6 miles south of Cambridge, Nebraska (Lincoln Construction Co.), NRHP-listed [2]
- Carns State Aid Bridge (1913), County Road over the Niobrara River, 10.8 miles northeast of Bassett, Nebraska (Nebraska State Engineer, designer, Lincoln Construction Company, builder), NRHP-listed [3]
- Deering Bridge (1916), County Road over School Creek, 2 miles north, 2 miles east of Sutton, Nebraska (Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges, designer, and Lincoln Construction Company, builder), NRHP-listed [4]
- Stewart Bridge, County Road over Big Sandy Creek, 1 mile east and 8 miles north of Oak, Nebraska (Nebraska Highway Department and Lincoln Construction Co.), NRHP-listed [2]
- Sutherland State Aid Bridge (1914–1915), County Road over the North Platte River, 4.2 miles north of Sutherland, Nebraska (Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges, designer, and Lincoln Construction Company, builder of the arches), NRHP-listed [5] [6]