US 81 over the Missouri R., just S of Yankton, SD, South Yankton, Nebraska. County/parish: Cedar.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 17, 1993. NRIS 93000537.
Part of Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS (NRIS 64500389).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Meridian Highway Bridge is a bridge that formerly carried U.S. Route 81 across the Missouri River between Nebraska and South Dakota. The Meridian Highway Bridge connects Yankton, South Dakota with rural Cedar County, Nebraska. The Meridian Bridge is a double-deck bridge, with the top level having carried traffic into South Dakota from Nebraska, and the lower level having carried traffic into Nebraska from South Dakota. It was closed to all traffic in 2008, but reopened for use only by pedestrians and bicycles in 2011.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73919539