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Ak-sar-ben Bridge

Douglas County, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie County, Iowa
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Photos 

Aksarben toll booth

Photo taken by Eric Kinkhorst

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River on Douglas Street
Location
Council Bluffs, Douglas County, Nebraska, and Pottawattamie County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1888; tolls removed 1947; replaced by I-480 bridge in 1966
Builder
- Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway & Bridge Co.
Design
Whipple through truss
Also called
Douglas Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.25895, -95.92060   (decimal degrees)
41°15'32" N, 95°55'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/255322/4571617 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Omaha North
Inventory number
BH 44447 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,821)
Built 1888 (103)
Built during 1880s (1,045)
Council Bluffs, Iowa (23)
Douglas County, Nebraska (37)
Iowa (3,504)
Lost (10,362)
Lost 1966 (9)
Lost during 1960s (129)
Missouri River (95)
 Nebraska (1,159)
Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway & Bridge Co. (1)
Omaha, Nebraska (29)
Pottawattamie County, Iowa (87)
Replaced by new bridge (7,135)
State line crossing (514)
Through truss (9,207)
Truss (23,571)
Whipple truss (155)

Update Log 

  • April 26, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added builder
  • August 4, 2010: New photos from Eric Kinkhorst
  • March 14, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • Wikipedia
  • Eric Kinkhorst - e [dot] kinkhorst [at] centurytel [dot] net
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com

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