NRHP: Bridge, Stratton

Bridge

Bridge

NRHP Reference #: 92000714

NRHP Listing Date: 19920629

Location

2 mi E of Stratton, Hitchcock County, Nebraska

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Summary

Located along a county road (old U.S. Highway 34), between Stratton and the western shore of Swanson Reservoir, this bridge crosses an unnamed stream just south of modern U.S. Highway 34. The structure is a twenty-foot, single-span concrete slab. As indicated by an inscription sandblasted into the slab's spandrel, the bridge was constructed in 1908 by the Ideal Cement Company. Later incorporated into U.S. Highway 34, the bridge carried relatively heavy interstate traffic until the highway was rerouted further north. It now carries intermittent local traffic in unaltered condition. This small-scale bridge represents an early, county-level effort at highway building in Nebraska. Its 1908 construction date distinguishes it as the earliest documented example of concrete bridge construction in the state.

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