National Register of Historic Places

Willow Creek Bridge

Foster, Pierce County, Nebraska
Listed
June 28, 1992
Type
Structure
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
92000706

About this property

The Willow Creek Bridge, which brought a Pierce County, Nebraska road over Willow Creek, about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) miles south of Foster, Nebraska, was built in 1913. It is a Lattice truss bridge. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. The bridge was moved to Gilman Park in Pierce, Nebraska in 1994. The bridge has a single 34.0 feet (10.4 m) span and supports a 15.7 feet (4.8 m) roadway. Its floor is a timber deck over I-beam stringers and it is of steel, rigid-connected lattice pony truss construction with latticed guardrails. Although probably a number of similar structures were built on secondary roads in Nebraska in the early 1900s, only this and another also built by Canton Bridge Company, and also crossing Willow Creek in Pierce County, were surviving in 1992. Its NRHP nomination summarized: "In a well-preserved state, this bridge is technologically significant as one of the last remaining examples in the state of this early vehicular truss type."

Location

Foster, Pierce County, Nebraska
42.17732, -97.66737

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When was Willow Creek Bridge listed on the National Register?

Willow Creek Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 28, 1992.

What type of historic resource is Willow Creek Bridge?

Willow Creek Bridge is classified as a structure in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Willow Creek Bridge?

The period of significance for Willow Creek Bridge is recorded as the industrial era.

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