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Sargent Bridge
Description
Situated about a mile south of Sargent, this steel bridge carries an unpaved private road across the Middle Loup River. The Nebraska State Engineer delineated the Sargent Bridge in 1908 as two, 120-foot Pratt through trusses carried by steel cylinder piers. The structure was fabricated and built that year by the Standard Bridge Company of Omaha. Later incorporated into U.S. Highway 183, the bridge was abandoned as a public thoroughfare in the 1960s and acquired by the Middle Loup Irrigation District, which currently maintains it for private access to its diversion dam. The Sargent Bridge for decades served as a regionally important river crossing and a gateway to the town of Sargent. It is today noteworthy as one of the oldest surviving structures designed by the state engineer's office. [From NRHP Form]Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Middle Loup River on an old alignment of US 183
- Location
- Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska
- Status
- Destroyed by flooding
- History
- Built 1908; Destroyed by flooding 2019
- Builders
- - Illinois Steel Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Steel manufacturer)
- Standard Bridge Co. of Omaha, Nebraska
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 29, 1992
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.62723, -99.37218 (decimal degrees)
41°37'38" N, 99°22'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/468998/4608455 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Sargent East
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 92000740 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 49127 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 22, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- March 15, 2019: Updated by Luke: Destroyed by flooding
- February 20, 2014: Updated by Dave King: Added description, links,
- August 6, 2011: New photos from James McCray
- July 17, 2011: Added by James McCray
Sources
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- NRHP Form
- Luke
- Historic bridge over Loup destroyed | | journalstar.com - Click here to view this item from http://www.journalstar.com.
- Geoff Hubbs
Comments
Sargent Bridge
In all seriousness... what is the consensus? Salvageable? Not salvageable?
Sargent Bridge
I think that will buff out.
Sargent Bridge
Here is another unknown photographer photo of the bridge found floating (pun not intended) around various social media.
Sargent Bridge
Just saw picture of damaged bridge. Sad loss. Picture attached is from unknown photographer on internet. I did not take pic and I do not own pic.
Sargent Bridge
Nooo.....im sad now
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Is it salvageable? Yes. Unfortunately, few would spend the funds necessary to do so. If the funding and support are there it could be recovered and restored.
Regards,
Art S.