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Overall View Of Bridge And Missouri River; View To Northwest

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Overall View Of Bridge, Waubonsie Highway Bridge (1930), And Missouri River; View To Northeast

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Overall View Of Bridge, Waubonsie Highway Bridge, And Missouri River; View To North

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Southwest Portal And Southeast Web Of Through Trusses; View To Northeast

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Southwest Portal And Southwest Web Ot Through Trusses, Showing Top Chord Details; View To Northeast

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Facts

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Missouri River/Bnsf Rr on Nebraska 2
Location: Otoe County, Nebraska
Status: Highway bridge replaced by new bridge
History: Highway Bridge Built 1930 and Replaced 1983, Railroad bridge built 1887 and was abandoned
Builders: - George S. Morison
- Union Bridge Co.
Design: Cantilevered Through truss (Highway)
2 span through truss (railroad)
Also called: Waubonsie Highway Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.66833, -95.82167 (decimal degrees)
40°40'06" N, 95°49'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/261493/4505768 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Nebraska City
Inventory number: BH 36927 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments

Nebraska City Bridge

Posted August 21, 2008, by Randy Brush

Thank you for show photo of railroad bridge over Missouri River. It is two truss bridges like in 1888. It is make George S Morison. I remember four truss bridge over Missouri River in Sioux City, Iowa. It was built in 1888. It was lost since 1973. i have no time take picture at Sioux City, Iowa. it was too late.

THANK YOU.

Nebraska City Bridge

Posted July 24, 2008, by Todd (hippiewalk [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The highway span looks simular to the recently demolished Hermann Bridge. I wonder if this bridge was designed and built by the same company as the Hermann span. PLUS I am sure a UCEB or a steel stringer span exists there today. Is the old railroad bridge still standing?