The Brownville Bridge is a truss bridge over the Missouri River on U.S. Route 136 (US 136) from Nemaha County, Nebraska, to Atchison County, Missouri, at Brownville, Nebraska.
Brownville Bridge | |
 Brownville Bridge from the north in Brownville, Nebraska | |
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| Location |  US 136 over the Missouri River, Brownville, Nebraska to Atchison County, Missouri |
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| Coordinates | 40°23′57″N 95°39′6″W / 40.39917°N 95.65167°W |
| Built | 1939 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| MPS | Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000536[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 17, 1993 |
It was built in 1939 by Atchison County, at a cost of $700,000 and was originally run as a toll bridge. The structure was designed by HNTB. Bethlehem Steel Co. built the superstructure, while C.F. Lytle Co. built the substructure, and C.W. Atkinson Paving Co. completed the approaches.[2] It has since been converted from a toll bridge to become a free crossing maintained by the Missouri Department of Transportation.[3]
The bridge is extremely narrow, with no shoulders and only one 8-foot (2.4-m) lane in each direction and a total deck width of 22.6 ft (6.9 m). A cantilevered Warren through truss, the bridge's longest span is 419.8 ft (128 m). The total length is 1,903.3 ft (580 m).[2]
The bridge underwent extensive repairs in 2009–10. The deck was replaced, along with pier and steel structure repair.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1] The bridge was closed to all traffic for 216 days from March 2019 to October 2019 as a result of the 2019 Midwestern U.S. floods' damage to the approaches.
See also
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- List of crossings of the Missouri River
- List of historic bridges in Nebraska
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Nemaha County, Nebraska
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Atchison County, Missouri
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "Brownville Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Demian Hess (June 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Brownville Bridge" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
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