Big Blue River Bridge (Surprise, Nebraska)

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.^[1][2] It was deemed significant as a relatively rare example, and one of the oldest examples documented in Nebraska, of a truss leg bedstead bridge.^[2]

Big Blue River Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Show map of Nebraska Show map of the United States
Location	Township road over the Big Blue River, 1 mile southeast of Surprise
Nearest city	Surprise, Nebraska
Coordinates	41°6′3″N 97°17′28″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1897
Built by	Canton Bridge Co.; Jones & Laughlin Steel Co.
Architectural style	Pin-connected Pratt truss
MPS	Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000708[1]
Added to NRHP	June 29, 1992

As of 2010, the bridge was closed to traffic.^[3] The Bridge is no longer closed.