BN - Nebraska City Railroad Bridge

Photos 

Overall View Of Bridge And Missouri River; View To Northwest

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #118094

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River on CB&Q RR (and roadway)

Location

Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska, and Fremont County, Iowa

Status

Line abandoned in 1982; Removed in 1984

History

Built 1888 under the direction of George S. Morison; carried roadway from 1890 to 1930

Builders

- A.J. Himes (Assistant engineer)
- Addison Conner (Assistant engineer)
- Baird Brothers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Erection)
- Benjamin L. Crosby of St. Louis, Missouri (Resident engineer)
- E.L. Corthell (Associate chief engineer)
- Edwin Duryea (Resident engineer)
- George S. Morison of New Bedford, Massachusetts (Chief engineer)
- L.V. Rice (Assistant engineer)
- Mark Waldo (Assistant engineer)
- T. Saulpaugh & Co (Substructure)
- Union Bridge Co. of Buffalo, New York & Athens, Pennsylvania (Superstructure)
- W.S. MacDonald (Assistant engineer)

Railroads

- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)

Design

Main spans: Two Whipple through trusses
Approach: One Whipple deck truss

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.67025, -95.83070   (decimal degrees)
40°40'13" N, 95°49'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/260736/4506006 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Nebraska City

Inventory number

BH 44441 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 16, 2023: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
• July 9, 2022: New photo from Jesse Sharkoman Berube
• January 15, 2020: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Added abandonment & removal dates
• August 11, 2011: New Street View added by James McCray
• August 3, 2011: New photos from James McCray
• March 14, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Related Bridges 

• Nebraska City Pontoon Bridge (Predecessor)

Sources 

• HAER NE-2 - Nebraska City Bridge
• James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
• The Nebraska City Bridge : a report to Charles E. Perkins, president, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company : Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive - 25 p., 20 leaves of plates : 35 x 55 cm
• Geoff Hubbs
• Jesse Sharkoman Berube - jesseberube5 [at] gmail [dot] com

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