North Loup Bridge

United States historic place


North Loup Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


41°30′37″N 98°45′06″W / 41.51031°N 98.75157°W / 41.51031; -98.75157
Area	less than one acre
Built	1912-1913
Built by	Cambria & Lackawanna Steel Cos.; Et al.
Architectural style	Pratt through truss
MPS	Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000704^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 29, 1992

The North Loup Bridge brings a county road over the North Loup River, about 1.5 miles northeast of the village of North Loup in Valley County, Nebraska. It was built in 1912-1913 by Empire Bridge Company of Omaha, Nebraska, at cost of $13,089, using steel parts fabricated by Cambria Steel Company and Lackawanna Steel Company. It is a Pratt through truss bridge and includes three 100 feet (30 m) through truss spans upon steel cylinder piers. There is also a 40 feet (12 m) pony truss approach span on the south side.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Clayton B. Eraser (June 30, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: North Loup Bridge / NEHBS No. VY00-26". National Park Service. Retrieved June 14, 2017. With photo from 1989.