Nebraska City Railroad Bridge

Photos

Overall View Of Bridge And Missouri River; View To Northwest

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #118094

Overview: Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River
Location: Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska, and Fremont County, Iowa
Status: Removed
History: Built 1888 under the direction of George S. Morison
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)
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)