Area less than one acre Opened 1897 Added to NRHP 29 June 1992 | Built 1897 Body of water Big Blue River | |
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Location Township road over the Big Blue River, 1 mile southeast of Surprise Built by Canton Bridge Co.; Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. Architectural style Pin-connected Pratt truss MPS Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS | ||
The Big Blue River Bridge near Surprise, Nebraska is a pin-connected Pratt truss bridge that was built in 1897. It was designed and built by the Canton Bridge Co. with steel fabricated by the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.. Also denoted NEHBS No. BU00-84, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It was deemed significant as a relatively rare example, and one of the oldest examples documented in Nebraska, of a truss leg bedstead bridge.
As of 2010, the bridge was closed to traffic.
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