Area less than one acre Architectural style Pratt pony truss Added to NRHP 29 June 1992 | Built 1926-27 NRHP Reference # 92000756 Nearest city Lewellen | |
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Architect Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges; et al. MPS Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS | ||
The Lewellen State Aid Bridge, near Lewellen, Nebraska, is a historic Pratt pony truss bridge that was built in 1926. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
Along with the Lisco State Aid Bridge, it is one of two surviving multiple-span "State Aid" bridges in Nebraska, out of eight constructed. It has seven 100-foot-long "riveted Pratt ponies ... supported by 50-foot long, 8-inch Bethlehem H-piles, encased in concrete". It was built by low bidder on a contract let by Nebraska, for $71,300, during 1926–27.
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