NRHP: Clear Creek Bridge

Clear Creek Bridge

Clear Creek Bridge

NRHP Reference #: 92000734

NRHP Listing Date: 19920629

Location

5.8 mi NW of Bellwood, Butler County, Nebraska

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Summary

Located northwest of Bellwood, this small-scale truss carries a secondary county road across Clear Creek. The structure is a pin-connected Warren through truss, resting on concrete abutments and wingwalls. Two bridge plates reveal that the structure was built by the King Iron Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio in 1891. King originally built the span at the small town of Ulysses near the southern edge of Butler County, where it stood for some thirty-eight years. Then, in 1928, the truss was moved to its present location. Pin-connected Warren trusses are rare with only two examples known to exist in Nebraska, this structure and the Honey Creek Bridge in Nemaha County.

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