NRHP: Borman Bridge
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Borman Bridge
NRHP Reference #: 92000751
NRHP Listing Date: 19920629
Location
2.3 mi SE of Valentine, Cherry County, Nebraska
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Summary
On February 16, 1916, the winter ice on the Niobrara River near the western edge of Cherry County began to break up as the river's level rose quickly. The flood that resulted moved downstream, pushing the ice pack in front of it. Before it passed through the county's eastern edge two days later, the flood had swept away fourteen bridges and damaged or destroyed seven others. In the aftermath of the flood, a representative from the Canton Bridge Company conferred with the county commissioners about rebuilding several of the bridges. The commissioners visited the site of the Borman Bridge (1900) southeast of Valentine with a Canton official and later ordered a replacement span from the Ohio-based company. Using steel rolled by Cambria, Canton erected this pinned Pratt through truss within a month. Of the fourteen Cherry County bridges surveyed on the Niobrara River, thirteen are medium span Pratts. Due in part to the flood, these Niobrara River bridges represent the best preserved group of county trusses in the state. The Borman Bridge is significant as a well-documented example of a mainstay structural type.
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