13th Street Bridge

Photos 

13th 1

Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in August 3, 2013

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BH Photo #272636

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Big Blue River on 13th Street in Crete

Location

Crete, Saline County, Nebraska

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1925

Design

Two six panel pin-connected Pratt through truss spans.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 120.1 ft.
Total length: 296.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.7 ft.

Also called

Big Blue River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.62519, -96.97549   (decimal degrees)
40°37'31" N, 96°58'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

14/671231/4499120 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Crete North

Average daily traffic (as of 2011)

350

Inventory number

BH 23885 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of June 2015)

Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• November 23, 2015: New Street View added by Clark Vance
• November 22, 2015: Updated by Erik Hoffman: Added category "A-frame portal"
• January 9, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
• July 13, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated GPS, Bridge Type, Street View

Sources 

• Nathan Holth
• Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
• Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com

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