NRHP: North Loup Bridge
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North Loup Bridge
NRHP Reference #: 92000704
NRHP Listing Date: 19920629
Location
1.5 mi NE of North Loup, Valley County, Nebraska
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Summary
In 1912 the Valley County supervisors contracted for a wagon bridge over the North Loup River near the town of North Loup. This was only the second structure the county had built over the river. Designed by the county engineer, the North Loup Bridge consisted of three, 100-foot pony trusses on steel cylinder piers, with a forty-foot pony truss approach span. The bridge, which was completed in 1913, has carried traffic since with minimal maintenance. The North Loup Bridge is distinguished as a well-preserved example of this mainstay vehicular bridge configuration.
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