NRHP: Henry State Aid Bridges
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Henry State Aid Bridges
NRHP Reference #: 92000732
NRHP Listing Date: 19920629
Location
.6 mi S of Henry, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
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Summary
To provide for bridge construction across the state's larger streams, the Nebraska Legislature passed the State Aid Bridge Act in 1911. The act established a fund whereby the state and county each paid half of a bridge's cost. In 1916 the Scotts Bluff County Commissioners applied for state aid for the construction of two bridges over the North Platte at Henry. The bridges were accepted for state funding, and by 1919 the State Engineer's Office had completed their design. Erected as two series of concrete arches, both bridges are still in use. Between the inception of the state aid bridge program in 1911 and the time it was phased out in 1936, the Nebraska State Engineer's office had designed and built seventeen multiple-span, concrete arch structures. Only six of these remain. The Henry State Aid Bridges are thus significant as among the last of what was once a mainstay river bridge configuration in the state.
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