Lisco State Aid Bridge

Infobox_nrhp | name =Lisco State Aid Bridge
nrhp_type =


caption =
nearest_city= Lisco, Nebraska
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 29
lat_seconds = 22
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 102
long_minutes = 37
long_seconds = 30
long_direction = W
locmapin = Nebraska
area =
built =1927
architect= Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges; Et al.
architecture= Other
added = June 29, 1992
governing_body = Local
mpsub=Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
refnum=92000757cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Lisco State Aid Bridge is located on a county road over the North Platte River south of Lisco, Nebraska. Completed in 1928, the bridge today "is distinguished as an important crossing of the Platte River and one of the last two intact multiple-span state aid truss bridges" in Nebraska. [ [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/nediv/Bridges/garden.htm "Historic bridges of Nebraska: Garden County"] , United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 6/4/08.]

History

The Nebraska Department of Public Works contracted Western Bridge and Construction Company to begin construction on the Lisco Bridge in October 1927, several months after the company completed the nearby Lewellen Bridge. One of eight bridges designed by the Nebraska engineer's office using multiple-span Pratt pony trusses, the bridge featured eight convert|80|ft|m|sing=on spans that range from 60 to convert|100|ft|m. The bridge measures convert|641|ft|m long and is convert|15|ft|m wide, and is supported by concrete abutments and piers. Built for $47,600, Western used steel fabricated by the Inland Steel Corporation and completed the project over the winter season. Originally part of the U.S. 6 highway system, the Lisco Bridge now carries a county road. [ [http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/nediv/Bridges/garden.htm "Historic bridges of Nebraska: Garden County"] , United States Department of Transportation - Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 6/4/08.] [ [http://www.lasr.net/travel/region.php?Region_ID=NE07&Attraction_ID=NE0704012a001 "Historic Lisco State Aid Bridge"] , Lasr.net. Retrieved 6/4/08.] [ [http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/garden.htm "Nebraska Registered Historic Places"] , Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 6/4/08.]

ee also

* Platte River

References