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Northwood Bridge

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Built
  
1906

Opened
  
1906

Added to NRHP
  
27 February 1997

NRHP Reference #
  
97000175

Body of water
  
Goose River

Architect
  
Fargo Bridge & Iron Co.

Northwood Bridge

Location
  
Across the Goose River, unnamed county rd., 1.5 mi. SW of Northwood, North Dakota

Architectural style
  
Pratt pony truss, other

MPS
  
Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS

Similar
  
Dakota Zoo, Chahinkapa Zoo, Red River Zoo, Roosevelt Park Zoo

The Northwood Bridge, also known as Goose River Bridge, is a historic bridge across the Goose River about 1.5 miles from Northwood, North Dakota. Dating from 1906, it is significant as a relatively rare example of a "half-hip" type of Pratt pony truss bridge. It is also significant as the oldest surviving documented bridge in Grand Forks County, North Dakota. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Another bridge on the same river, the Goose River Bridge, built in 1893, is described in a 1996 statewide study of historic bridges as one of the "best examples" of iron and steel truss bridges constructed by the out-of-state bridge contractors, and is also NRHP-listed in North Dakota. The Northwood Bridge was listed a few months later.

The Northwood Bridge is one of ten bridges of the Fargo Bridge & Iron Co. in North Dakota that are listed on the National Register.

References

Northwood Bridge Wikipedia