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Cowboy Trail - Valentine High Bridge (1910)

Cherry County, Nebraska

Photos 

Photo taken by James McCray

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BH Photo #207988

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Niobrara River on Pedestrian Trail (formerly Chicago & Northwestern Railroad)
Location
Cherry County, Nebraska
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Replaced Fremont, Elkhorn, & Missouri Valley RR bridge from 1883.
Railroad
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 1,320.0 ft.
Also called
CNW - Niobrara River Bridge (Valentine)
CNW - Niobrara River Bridge (Valentine)
CNW - Valentine High Bridge
Cowboy Trail - Niobrara River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.84446, -100.52413   (decimal degrees)
42°50'40" N, 100°31'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/375456/4744669 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Valentine South
Land survey
T. 33 N., R. 27 W., Sec. 8
Inventory number
BH 47876 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1910 (1,206)
Built during 1910s (9,968)
Cherry County, Nebraska (29)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,447)
Cowboy Trail (6)
Deck girder (6,303)
Girder (11,169)
Have street view (28,893)
Nebraska (1,687)
 Niobrara River (26)
Open to pedestrians (4,580)
Owned by state (16,554)
Plate girder (8,724)
Rail-to-trail (1,656)
Railroad (16,455)
Tall Bridges (327)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,991)

Update Log 

  • December 18, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • August 15, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • August 7, 2011: New photos from James McCray
  • July 27, 2011: Updated by Clark Vance: Added build date and history line
  • January 29, 2011: Added by J.P.

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Cowboy Trail - Valentine High Bridge
Posted June 20, 2018, by Dana and Kay Klein

Approximately 236.4320 Smoot

Cowboy Trail - Valentine High Bridge
Posted June 20, 2018, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

According to BridgeHunter.com:

Dimensions

Total length: 1,320.0 ft.

Cowboy Trail - Valentine High Bridge
Posted June 20, 2018, by Luke

Quarter mile, according to https://books.google.com/books?id=malleZWJEeAC&pg=PA88&dq=Va...

Cowboy Trail - Valentine High Bridge
Posted June 20, 2018, by William (wknapp [at] msa [dot] com)

What is the exact length of this bridge in feet?