West Park Bridge

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West Park Bridge
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2017 photo of 2007 replacement bridge
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Location4th St., SW, across the Sheyenne River, Valley City, North Dakota
Coordinates 46°55′14″N98°0′30″W / 46.92056°N 98.00833°W / 46.92056; -98.00833
Arealess than one acre
Built1924
Architectural styleConcrete false arch bridge
MPS Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS
NRHP reference No. 97000169 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1997

The West Park Bridge across the Sheyenne River in Valley City, North Dakota is a concrete [[Corbel arch|false arch]] structure that was built in 2007. Together with the corresponding East Park Bridge, it brings Valley City's 4th Street across an oxbow of the Sheyenne River. The bridge is a sympathetic replacement for a historic bridge, built in 1924, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1] [2]

The 1924 bridge was deemed significant as a good example of "early twentieth-century bridge design and construction philosophies in urban North Dakota", including having design emphasis on visual detail, and for its "aesthetic merit", relating to its unusual use of the false arch girder design and to its railings and lamps. [2] [3]

Historic Marker for the original version of the bridge. West City Park Bridge Valley City, ND Betsy Armour.jpg
Historic Marker for the original version of the bridge.

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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 Mark Hufstetler (December 10, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: West Park Bridge". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
  3. Mark Hufstetler (December 10, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota". National Park Service.