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Prairie Creek Bridge

Platte County, Nebraska

Photos 

Lincoln Highway, Gardiner, Nebraska E view

Section of Lincoln Highway in southwestern Platte County, Nebraska; looking northeastward across the Prairie Creek bridge. This is part of a 1.2-mile (2.0 km) section of the highway that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places under the name Lincoln Highway-Gardiner Station. The sloping-topped brick structure at left is a Nebraska state historical marker.

Photo by Ammodramus

License: Public domain: Released by author

View this photo at upload.wikimedia.org

BH Photo #245101

Map 

Description 

Originally built for Lincoln Highway. This bridge is on a 1.2 mile section of original Lincoln Highway that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is mentioned, with a photo, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_of_the_Lincoln_Highway#Ne...

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Prairie Creek on former Lincoln Hwy, 5 mi. southwest of Duncan
Location
Platte County, Nebraska
Status
Open to traffic with 8 ton limit
History
Built 1913; Lincoln Highway subsequently moved to other side of RR tracks.
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 79.1 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Recognition
Listed as a contributing resource to the Lincoln Highway-Gardiner Station Historic District
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.35328, -97.57750   (decimal degrees)
41°21'12" N, 97°34'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/618994/4578951 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Silver Creek SE
Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
15
Inventory numbers
NE C007105405P (Nebraska bridge number)
BH 24446 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of June 2015)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 22.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

5-panel truss (485)
Built 1913 (866)
Built during 1910s (9,669)
Lincoln Highway (139)
NR-contributing (147)
Nebraska (1,636)
One-lane traffic (7,612)
Open (39,974)
Owned by county (20,841)
Pin-connected (3,920)
 Platte County, Nebraska (24)
Pony truss (16,239)
Pratt pony truss (3,654)
Pratt truss (9,341)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,453)
Structurally deficient (14,106)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,598)
Truss (32,941)
Wooden deck (6,073)

Update Log 

  • February 19, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
  • July 15, 2013: New photos from Roger Deschner
  • December 22, 2012: Updated by Roger Deschner: Important bridge, orignally part of Lincoln Highway

Sources 

  • Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Wikipedia

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