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Liberty Memorial Bridge

Burleigh County, North Dakota, and Morton County, North Dakota
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

Map 

Street View 

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Facts 

Overview
Lost three-span through truss bridge over Missouri River on I-94 Business Loop in Bismarck
Location
Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, and Morton County, North Dakota
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1922; rehabilitated 1991; Demolished 2008
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Claude Allen Porter Turner of Lincoln, Rhode Island
- The Foundation Co.
Design
Warren-Turner through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 479.0 ft.
Total length: 2,550.0 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Deck width: 26.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.7 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 11, 1997
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.80802, -100.81894   (decimal degrees)
46°48'29" N, 100°49'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/361221/5185436 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bismarck
Inventory numbers
NRHP 97000172 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
ND 94-920-914 (North Dakota bridge number)
BH 23409 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2008)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 51.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
14,700

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (523)
Bismarck, North Dakota (3)
Built 1922 (479)
Built during 1920s (7,245)
Burleigh County, North Dakota (4)
Claude Allen Porter Turner (7)
Functionally obsolete (7,111)
HAER documented (801)
Have street view (12,871)
Interstate 94 (11)
Lost (11,126)
Lost 2008 (188)
Lost during 2000s (3,156)
Missouri River (98)
 Morton County, North Dakota (35)
NR-listed (2,384)
North Dakota (458)
Owned by state (10,151)
Replaced by new bridge (7,617)
Span length 250-500 feet (896)
The Foundation Co. (2)
Through truss (9,587)
Total length over 2500 feet (626)
Truss (24,153)
Warren through truss (1,003)
Warren truss (4,169)
Warren-Turner truss (2)

Update Log 

  • October 7, 2008: Updated by David Backlin: Bridge demolished 10-06-2008
  • May 12, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record

Sources 

  • HAER ND-7 - Liberty Memorial Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at I-94, Bismarck, Burleigh County, ND
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Historic American Engineering Record
  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • Liberty Memorical Bridge - Project Information Page
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Liberty Memorial Bridge
Posted August 20, 2008, by Ian A. (iang2 [at] comcast [dot] net)

I've been browsing this site and just found this page. I looked at the link posted below, and apparently the bridge is now closed, to allow construction of the new one to continue. Here's the site again:

http://www.memorialbridge.info/

Liberty Memorial Bridge
Posted May 2, 2008, by Mike (vshooter [at] hotmail [dot] com)

More on this bridge and the construction of the replacement bridge can be found on the website memorialbridge.info

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Missouri River Bridge
Posted October 5, 2007, by Blaine E. (berikson [at] bis [dot] midco [dot] net)

Looking North. 2003

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Missouri River Bridge
Posted September 28, 2007, by Anonymous

Building a new bridge on the south side.

View looking west.

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