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Great Platte River Road Archway Monument 27-10-(a
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Photo taken by James McCray
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BH Photo #237090
Description
The G.R.R.A.M is in all aspects a covered bridge. Thusly, it is supported by its own truss members.
Facts
- Overview
- Steel arch bridge over I-80 on a pedestrian walkway (museum type exhibit)
- Location
- Buffalo County, Nebraska
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built as a monument to the Great Platte River Road in 1999.
- Design
- The bridge is technically a steel arch covered bridge.
- Dimensions
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Total length: 309.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.66988, -99.03847 (decimal degrees)
40°40'12" N, 99°02'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 14/496748/4502112 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Kearney
- Inventory number
- BH 47853 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 2, 2021: Updated by Roger Deschner: Added category "Interstate 80"
- December 17, 2017: New photo from Ralph Hanson
- February 23, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- February 18, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
- August 9, 2012: New photos from James McCray
- January 27, 2011: Added by James McCray
Sources
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Wikipedia
- Luke
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net