NRHP: Rattlesnake Creek Bridge
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Rattlesnake Creek Bridge
NRHP Reference #: 92000743
NRHP Listing Date: 19920629
Location
2.8 mi NW of Bancroft, Cuming County, Nebraska
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Summary
In January 1903 the Cuming County Supervisors awarded an annual bridge construction contract to the Standard Bridge Company of Omaha. In 1903 the county undertook an ambitious bridge-building program, ordering sixty new or rebuilt bridges. Among the structures erected that year by Standard Bridge was this pinned Pratt half-hip pony truss. Located northwest of Bancroft, the bridge carries a gravel surfaced county road over Rattlesnake Creek in northeastern Cuming County. With annual contracts for eastern Nebraska counties such as Cuming, Wayne, Thurston, Stanton, Dodge, and Burt, the Standard Bridge Company erected hundreds of half-hip trusses between 1900 and 1920. Many remain in place today. The Rattlesnake Creek Bridge is distinguished as the oldest documentable example among these.
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