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Prairie Dog Creek Bridge

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
92000712

Added to NRHP
  
29 June 1992

Architectural style
  
Camelback pony truss

Opened
  
1913

Nearest city
  
Orleans

Prairie Dog Creek Bridge

Location
  
Township road over Prairie Dog Creek, 8.5 miles south and 1 mile west of Orleans

MPS
  
Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS

Built by
  
Monarch Engineering Co., Jones and Laughlin Steel Company

The Prairie Dog Creek Bridge, near Orleans, Nebraska, is a historic Camelback pony truss bridge that was built in 1913. It was designed and built by Monarch Engineering Co., with its steel was fabricated by Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.. Also designated as NEHBS No. HN00-53, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

The bridge is a single rigid-connected Camelback pony truss and has carried vehicular traffic since 1913.

References

Prairie Dog Creek Bridge Wikipedia