Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Big Blue River on a township road, .5 mi. east and .3 mi. south of Surprise
- Location
- Butler County, Nebraska
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1897 by the Canton Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 1999
- Builder
- - Canton Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 65.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.10089, -97.29142 (decimal degrees)
41°06'03" N, 97°17'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/643478/4551363 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Surprise
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 92000708 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 23825 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 05/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 22.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
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