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
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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.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Clayton B. Fraser (June 30, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Big Blue River Bridge / NEHBS Number BUOO-84". National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1989
3. See October 2010 photo of bridge

External links

• Media related to Big Blue River bridge (Butler County Rd E) at Wikimedia Commons