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Blair Bridge

Washington County, Nebraska, and Harrison County, Iowa

Photos 

Overview

Photos taken November 1986 by Clayton B. Fraser for the Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #108038

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Lost three-span through truss bridge over the Missouri River on US 30 east of Blair
Location
Blair, Washington County, Nebraska, and Harrison County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a modern bridge
History
Built 1928-29; tolls removed 1962; replaced 1991
Builders
- Harrington, Howard & Ash of Kansas City, Kansas & New York, New York
- Iowa State Highway Commission of Ames, Iowa
- Kansas City Bridge Co. of Kansas City, Missouri
- Sverdrup & Parcel of St. Louis, Missouri (Designer)
- Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Woods Brothers Construction Co. of Lincoln, Nebraska
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 333.0 ft.
Total length: 1,340.0 ft.
Also called
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge (official name)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.55111, -96.09623   (decimal degrees)
41°33'04" N, 96°05'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/742178/4604010 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Modale
Inventory number
BH 24715 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Blair, Nebraska (6)
Built 1929 (953)
Built during 1920s (9,460)
HAER documented (1,103)
Harrington, Howard & Ash (21)
Harrison County, Iowa (73)
Have street view (25,338)
Iowa (6,177)
Iowa State Highway Commission (773)
Kansas City Bridge Co. (129)
Lincoln Highway (136)
Lost (22,104)
Lost 1991 (297)
Lost during 1990s (3,841)
Missouri River (115)
Navigable waterway (2,091)
 Nebraska (1,561)
Owned by state (15,069)
Pennsylvania truss (435)
Replaced by new bridge (14,756)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,108)
State line crossing (783)
Steel grate deck (438)
Sverdrup & Parcel (26)
Through truss (13,956)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,733)
Truss (31,117)
US 30 (124)
Washington County, Nebraska (36)
Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. (140)
Woods Brothers Construction Co. (2)

Update Log 

  • February 6, 2018: New photo from David Shedlock
  • August 2, 2010: New Street View added by Jason Smith
  • March 30, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added Bridge to "Lincoln Highway" Category
  • August 21, 2006: Posted new photos

Sources 

  • HAER NE-1 - Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • David Shedlock

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