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Main Street Bridge
Photos
Looking Northeast Along Main Street Showing An Overview Of The Bridge
Photo taken by Garry Redmann for the Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #442133
Description
According to the HAER report, this was the only bridge in North Dakota which was built according to a patented design and it was the only through-arch bridge in North Dakota.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through arch bridge over Sheyenne River on I-94 Business Loop
- Location
- Valley City, Barnes County, North Dakota
- Status
- Demolished and replaced by a wider replica
- History
- Built 1925; Destroyed 2004
- Builders
- - James Barney Marsh of North Lake, Wisconsin (Designer)
- Minneapolis Bridge Co. of Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Design
- Marsh arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 123.0 ft.
Total length: 125.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 27, 1997
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +46.92333, -97.99167 (decimal degrees)
46°55'24" N, 97°59'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/576768/5197137 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Valley City East
- Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
- 4,450
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 97000170 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
ND 94-930-922 (North Dakota bridge number)
BH 43887 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of January 2018)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 92.6 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- January 11, 2019: HAER photos posted by Luke
- September 9, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
- January 16, 2010: Added by J.R. Manning
Sources
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- HAER ND-14 - Rainbow Arch Bridge, Spanning Sheyenne River at Main Street, East, Valley City, Barnes County, ND
- Nathan Holth
- HAER ND-14 - Rainbow Arch Bridge, Spanning Sheyenne River at Main Street, East, Valley City, Barnes County, ND
It is a shame, but I'm not surprised--Like PennDOT, NDDOT has a lousy track record when it comes to historic bridge preservation.