Twp. Rd. over Big Blue R., 1 mi. SE of Surprise, Surprise, Nebraska. County/parish: Butler.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 29, 1992. NRIS 92000708.
Part of Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS (NRIS 64500389).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
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. The Bridge is no longer closed.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73919521