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Wyoming Bridge

Lancaster County, Nebraska

Photos 

Photo taken by James McCray

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BH Photo #206730

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Bowstring pony truss bridge over a pond on a trail in the Lincoln Saline Wetlands Nature Center
Location
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1878 on a county road over Squaw Creek in Otoe County; relocated and rehabilitated in Lincoln in 2004
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Bowstring pony truss
Dimensions
Total length: 97.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.82845, -96.73269   (decimal degrees)
40°49'42" N, 96°43'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/691185/4522187 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lincoln
Inventory number
BH 49099 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,388)
Bowstring pony truss (350)
Bowstring truss (670)
Built 1878 (105)
Built during 1870s (1,272)
Have street view (28,911)
King Bridge Co. (436)
Lancaster County, Nebraska (45)
Lincoln, Nebraska (18)
 Nebraska (1,687)
Open to pedestrians (4,582)
Owned by city (6,083)
Pony truss (17,017)
Preserved (1,229)
Relocated (1,035)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,793)
Truss (35,479)

Update Log 

  • August 10, 2011: New Street View added by James McCray
  • August 3, 2011: New photos from James McCray
  • July 14, 2011: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Wyoming Bridge
Posted August 4, 2011, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Nathan, Anthony:

A page for the Nebraska example has been uploaded. It is located in Grand Island, Hall Co., Nebraska.

http://bridgehunter.com/ne/hall/unnamed-creek/

Wyoming Bridge
Posted August 3, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The two bridges appear to be of the same builder, likely one that was regional to those states as I haven't seen any like it around here.

Wyoming Bridge
Posted August 3, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Robert,

Interesting! Now I am really curious about the one James saw, and where its located which would help determine whether it was the design of a government or a builder. The design strikes me as unusual for a couple reasons. First, of course, the use of hub guard lattice railing mounted on top of the girder. Second, this "girder and floorbeam system" type bridge really isn't a "plate girder" in the traditional sense because its girders are not built-up from plate but are instead rolled beams.

Wyoming Bridge
Posted August 3, 2011, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Nathan:

Good catch about that stringer. Here is a nearly identical bridge.

http://bridgehunter.com/ks/marshall/irish-creek/

I actually did not think much of the Kansas example when I discovered it - just thought it was a "low-budget" modern bridge with some recycled parts. Now I am glad that I took a couple pictures of it.

Wyoming Bridge
Posted August 3, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Nice to see some photos of this rare bridge. Photo #25 shows a different but also interesting plate girder bridge with hub guard lattice railing. I am curious if you have additional photos of that bridge and would consider giving that bridge its own page on Bridgehunter. I would be curious to know where its located.