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Olive Branch Bridge

Lancaster County, Nebraska
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http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/nediv/bridges/lancaste.htm

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/nediv/bridges/lancaste.htm

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Description 

See following link for history: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/nediv/bridges/lancaste.htm

Facts 

Overview
Bedstead Warren pony truss bridge over Olive Branch on an abandoned section of Stagecoach Road
Location
Lancaster County, Nebraska
History
Built 1897
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Bedstead Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Total length: 74.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.61029, -96.77493   (decimal degrees)
40°36'37" N, 96°46'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/688237/4497876 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Hallam
Inventory number
BH 53210 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Bedstead Warren pony truss (77)
Bedstead truss (389)
Built 1897 (130)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Lancaster County, Nebraska (20)
Nebraska (1,159)
 Pony truss (13,216)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,896)
Truss (23,568)
Unknown status (810)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren truss (3,958)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (195)

Update Log 

  • August 19, 2012: Added by James McCray

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Olive Branch Bridge
Posted August 19, 2012, by James McCray (jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com)

From the looks of it this bridge seems to still exist as per google earth, but the image is fuzzy at best. Can I get a status confirmation?