NRHP: Deering Bridge

Deering Bridge

Deering Bridge

NRHP Reference #: 92000748

NRHP Listing Date: 19920629

Location

2 mi N, 2 mi E of Sutton, Clay County, Nebraska

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Summary

From the 1890s until 1909, Clay County primarily built timber bridges. In 1910 the county secured plans for steel spans from the Nebraska State Engineer and began to include steel bridge construction in its annual contracts. After discovering poor worksmanship and fraud on its steel bridges two years later, however, the board turned to the state engineer to design its first concrete arch bridge. Although the county board continued to accept bids for-and even build-steel bridges, it consistently chose concrete over steel. Among these small-scale structures was this fifty-foot arch over School Creek near Sutton. The Deering Bridge was constructed by the Lincoln Construction Company in 1916. As the longest and best remaining example among the county's concrete structures, it is significant for its early use of concrete in Nebraska.

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