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24th Street Viaduct

Douglas County, Nebraska

Photo 

Screenshot taken from a film by Richard Orr; Used under Fair Use as an educational resource

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BH Photo #502423

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on 24th Street & Streetcar
Location
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1901; Replaced 1994
Railroads
- Omaha Traction Co. (OTC)
- Streetcar
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 190.0 ft.
Total length: 999.1 ft.
Deck width: 48.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.24078, -95.94703   (decimal degrees)
41°14'27" N, 95°56'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/253039/4569675 (zone/easting/northing)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
10,818
Inventory number
BH 81371 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 62 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Built 1901 (575)
Built during 1900s (7,648)
Douglas County, Nebraska (87)
Lost (28,529)
Lost 1994 (445)
Lost during 1990s (4,147)
Nebraska (1,689)
Omaha Traction Co. (5)
Omaha, Nebraska (70)
Owned by city (6,085)
 Pratt through truss (6,061)
Pratt truss (10,305)
Rail-and-Road (397)
Railroad (16,462)
Replaced by new bridge (19,403)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,058)
Streetcar (292)
Through truss (16,816)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,063)
Truss (35,500)

Update Log 

  • August 5, 2021: New photo from Luke
  • April 25, 2018: Added by Luke

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24th Street Viaduct
Posted August 26, 2020, by Joel Bader (joenonac [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I recall our family using that bridge several times during the 1973-1974 years when we visited the Omaha area. If I am not mistaken, the truss spans were skewered in a northeast-southwest direction and there were two of them.