11th Street Viaduct

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Overview

Pratt through truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad & Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroadon 11th Street

Location

Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1887; Replaced 1984

Builder

- Morse Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio

Railroads

- Burlington & Missouri River Railroad (B&MR)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Omaha Traction Co. (OTC)
- Streetcar

Design

Pratt through truss

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.25336, -95.93058   (decimal degrees)
41°15'12" N, 95°55'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/254465/4571025 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Omaha North

Inventory number

BH 79576 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• November 30, 2017: Updated by Luke: Corrected builder
• November 29, 2017: Added by Luke

Sources 

• Luke
• Revisiting early Omaha - go - The Big Stories - Longreads by the Omaha World-Herald - Image + Info
• Flickr - Image #1
• Flickr - Image #2
• Engineering News-Record, Volumes 15-16 - Book
• History of the City of Omaha, Nebraska By James Woodruff Savage, John Thomas Bell, Consul Willshire Butterfield - Book

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