Twin Bridge (Brownlee, Nebraska)

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Twin Bridge
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View from the south bank, facing upstream
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Nearest city Brownlee, Nebraska
Coordinates 42°20′0″N100°45′44.67″W / 42.33333°N 100.7624083°W / 42.33333; -100.7624083
Arealess than one acre
Built1900
Built byWrought Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural styleSteel stringer bridge
MPS Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No. 92000750 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 29, 1992

The Twin Bridge near Brownlee, Nebraska is a steel stringer bridge with a timber roadbed that was built in 1900 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio. Also known as the North Loup River Bridge and denoted as NEHBS No. CE00-223, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

It brings a Cherry County road over the North Loup River, 7.9 miles northwest of Brownlee. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Clayton B. Fraser (June 30, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Twin Bridge / North Loup River Bridge / NEHBS No. CD00-223". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1990