Halfbreed Creek Bridge

Photos

Photo taken by James McCray

BH Photo #208102

Overview: Through truss bridge over Halfbreed Creek on 708 Road
Location: Richardson County, Nebraska
Status: "Technically" open to traffic, however it seems that the road is not maintained at all
History: Built 1925
Design: Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 120.1 ft.
Total length: 121.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.08704, -95.55394 (decimal degrees)
40°05'13" N, 95°33'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/282261/4440543 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Falls City
Average daily traffic (as of 2003): 30
Inventory number: BH 24467 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2015): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 25.1 (out of 100)
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November 20, 2016: Updated by Dave King: Added categories "7-panel truss", "A-frame portal"
November 20, 2016: New photos from Ronnie Earnest
August 22, 2016: New photos from Ronnie Earnest
August 9, 2011: New photos from James McCray

Halfbreed Creek Bridge

Posted August 23, 2016, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I had heard the name... But never see it on a bridge.

Mr. Scullin kinda looked like Wilford Brimley!

Halfbreed Creek Bridge

Posted August 23, 2016, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Scullin is a very rare brand on bridge steel, I've only seen it a few times.

Company info:

Halfbreed Creek Bridge

Posted August 23, 2016, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Scullin Steel...that seems to be a somewhat rare brand, unless someone else can remember seeing a large number of their works.