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Brownville Bridge

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Brownville bridge

Photo by Eric Kinkhorst

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Overview
Through truss bridge over the Missouri River on US 136 in Brownville
Location
Brownville, Nemaha County, Nebraska, and Atchison County, Missouri
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Scheduled for renovation 2009
History
Built 1939; rehabilitated 1990
Builders
- Ash, Howard, Needles, & Tammen of Kansas City, Missouri (Engineer)
- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Superstructure)
- C.F. Lytle Co. of Sioux City, Iowa (Substructure)
- C.W. Atkinson Paving Co. (Approaches)
Design
Cantilevered Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 419.8 ft.
Total length: 1,903.3 ft.
Deck width: 22.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.8 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1993
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.39926, -95.65171   (decimal degrees)
40°23'57" N, 95°39'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/274961/4475449 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 65 N., R. 42 W., Sec. 33
USGS topographic map
Peru
Inventory numbers
MoDOT L-98 (Missouri Dept. of Transportation bridge number)
NRHP 93000536 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 24307 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2009)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 35.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
2,565

Update Log 

  • September 30, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added Engineer/Designer.
  • September 18, 2010: New photos from Eric Kinkhorst
  • April 20, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • April 28, 2009: Updated by David Backlin: Scheduled for Renovation/ Repairs 2009

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