Ponca Creek Bridge

United States historic place


Ponca Creek Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

42°49′27″N 98°24′25″W / 42.82422°N 98.406896°W / 42.82422; -98.406896
Area	less than one acre
Built	1904
Built by	Lackawanna Steel Co.; E. Roy Townsend
Architectural style	Pratt half-hip pony truss
MPS	Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000769^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 29, 1992

The Ponca Creek Bridge, also known as NEHBS No. BD00-224, is a historic Pratt truss bridge spanning Ponca Creek that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

The "half-hip" pony truss bridge was built in 1904 as a single-span bridge having a 48 feet (15 m) main span and, with timber stringer approach span having a 79 feet (24 m) total length. Its roadway was 14.3 feet (4.4 m) wide, with timber deck over timber stringers.^[2]

The steel bridge was fabricated by Lackawanna Steel Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was built by E. Roy Townsend of O'Neill, Nebraska.^[2]

The original bridge may no longer be in place.^{[note 1]}

Notes

^ See photo of bridge currently at site. According to uglybridges.com, the current bridge was built in 1994.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Clayton B. Fraser (June 30, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ponca Creek Bridge / NEHBS No. BD00-224". National Park Service. Retrieved April 16, 2017. With photo from 1990.