NRHP: Wolf Creek Bridge

Wolf Creek Bridge

Wolf Creek Bridge

NRHP Reference #: 92000738

NRHP Listing Date: 19920629

Location

10.3 mi NE of Dunbar, Otoe County, Nebraska

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Summary

In Nebraska, the pinned through truss was the bridge of choice for short- and medium-span applications in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Most of the structures erected during this period were based on standard plans developed either by the state engineer's office or by the individual bridge companies. As a result, hundreds of Pratts were built across the state, all essentially identical, and today the Pratt truss constitutes the most populous group of through trusses. However, the Wolf Creek Bridge is not like any other truss in Nebraska. Erected in 1889 by the King Iron Bridge Company, it displays features such as fishtail floor beams, peculiar upper-chord connections and "sideways" end posts and upper chords that were soon thereafter rendered anachronistic. Moved to this location near Dunbar, the truss has more recently been closed and its deck removed.

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