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Brownville Bridge

Nemaha County, Nebraska, and Atchison County, Missouri

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Photo taken by Daniel Barnes in April 2013

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BH Photo #340560

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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
Intact but closed to all traffic
Future prospects
To be reopened when approach road rebuilt
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. of Saint Joseph, Missouri (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)
Quadrangle map:
Peru
Land survey
T. 65 N., R. 42 W., Sec. 33
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
1,829
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 report (as of March 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 47.8 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Ash, Howard, Needles, & Tammen (9)
Atchison County, Missouri (76)
Bethlehem Steel Co. (126)
Brownville, Nebraska (1)
Built 1938 (823)
Built during 1930s (11,242)
C.F. Lytle Co. (3)
C.W. Atkinson Paving Co. (1)
Cantilevered (304)
Cantilevered truss (247)
Closed (2,570)
Have street view (25,400)
Missouri (6,135)
Missouri River (115)
 NR-listed (2,878)
Navigable waterway (2,091)
Nebraska (1,593)
Nemaha County, Nebraska (46)
Owned by state (15,115)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,109)
State line crossing (785)
Through truss (14,028)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,736)
Truss (31,217)
US 136 (24)
Warren through truss (1,553)
Warren truss (6,246)

Update Log 

  • July 28, 2019: Updated by Roger Deschner: Bridge closed, due to flood-damaged approach road
  • February 22, 2017: New photo from Daniel Barnes
  • October 25, 2015: New photos from Daniel Barnes
  • 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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Brownville Bridge
Posted July 28, 2019, by Roger Deschner (rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com)

Temporarily closed due to flood damage to US-136 on Missouri side in 2019 Missouri River flood. No mention of damage to the bridge itself, so it's probably OK. A local I talked to, who was using a flooded road as a makeshift boat ramp, said that US-136 on the Missouri side was "all tore up". Closest bypasses are US-34 or US-36.

This photo is from the Nebraska side.