Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.895000,-100.322667
Carries County road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 185.0 Feet
Span Length: 147.0 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Niobrara River on a county road, 1 mi. north and 11 mi. east of Valentine. West of Smith Falls State Park.
History: Built 1903 by the Canton Bridge Co.; rehabilitated 2002
Built: 1903
Location: Cherry County
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167494
Elevation
From Historic Bridge Inventory
207825
Photo taken by James McCray
207826
Photo taken by James McCray
207827
Photo taken by James McCray
207828
Photo taken by James McCray
207829
Photo taken by James McCray
207830
Photo taken by James McCray
207831
Photo taken by James McCray
207832
Photo taken by James McCray
207833
Photo taken by James McCray
207834
Photo taken by James McCray
207835
Photo taken by James McCray
207836
Photo taken by James McCray
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.901917,-100.362639
Carries County road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Riveted, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 150.9 Feet
Span Length: 149.9 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Niobrara River on a county road, 9 mi. east of Valentine
History: Built 1920-21 by the Pioneer Construction Co.; rehabilitated 1995
Built: 1921
Location: Cherry County
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167499
Elevation
From Historic Bridge Inventory
207816
Photo taken by James McCray
207817
Photo taken by James McCray
207818
Photo taken by James McCray
207819
Photo taken by James McCray
207820
Photo taken by James McCray
207821
Photo taken by James McCray
207822
Photo taken by James McCray
207823
Photo taken by James McCray
207824
Photo taken by James McCray
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.331226,-100.763802
Carries County road over Big Creek
Design: truss/bedstead/pratt
Design Details: Bedstead pin-connected Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 36.1 Feet
Span Length: 32.2 Feet
Overview: Bedstead pony truss bridge over Big Creek on a county road, 6.5 mi. west and 2.5 mi. north of Brownlee
History: Built 1900; rehabilitated 1991
Built: 1900
Location: Cherry County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.852000,-100.521250
Carries Road 220 over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 130.9 Feet
Span Length: 129.9 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Niobrara River on Road 220, 1 mi. east and 1 mi. south of Valentine
History: Built 1916 by the Canton Bridge Co.
Built: 1916
Location: Cherry County
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167497
Elevation
From Historic Bridge Inventory
207803
Photo taken by James McCray
207804
Photo taken by James McCray
207805
Photo taken by James McCray
207806
Photo taken by James McCray
207807
Photo taken by James McCray
207808
Photo taken by James McCray
207809
Photo taken by James McCray
207810
Photo taken by James McCray
207811
Photo taken by James McCray
207812
Photo taken by James McCray
433036
Borman Bridge
This is the bridge built in 1900. The postcard is dated 1907. It has longer with five supports vs the current bridges 4.
Photo taken by James Grooms in August 2018
433037
Borman Bridge
Photo taken by James Grooms in August 2018
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.876194,-100.266694
Carries County road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Total Length: 149.9 Feet
Span Length: 149.0 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Niobrara River on a county road, 13.5 mi. east of Valentine and 4.5 miles south of Sparks.
History: Built 1899 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.; relocated 1921; rehabilitated 1991
Built: 1899
Location: Cherry County
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167509
Elevation
From Historic Bridge Inventory
274733
File:Brewer Bridge (Niobrara River) from DS 1.JPG
Photo taken by Wikipedia user Ammodramus
274734
File:Brewer Bridge (Niobrara River) from E 1.JPG
Photo taken by Wikipedia user Ammodramus
274735
File:Brewer Bridge (Niobrara River) from E 2.JPG
Photo taken by Wikipedia user Ammodramus
274736
File:Brewer Bridge (Niobrara River) from SE 1.JPG
Photo taken by Wikipedia user Ammodramus
274737
File:Brewer Bridge (Niobrara River) lower connection 1.JPG
Photo taken by Wikipedia user Ammodramus
274738
File:Brewer Bridge (Niobrara River) lower connection 2.JPG
Photo taken by Wikipedia user Ammodramus
274739
File:Brewer Bridge (Niobrara River) upper connection 1.JPG
Photo taken by Wikipedia user Ammodramus
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.832194,-100.528361
Carries Old US 20 over Niobrara River
Design: truss/deck/pratt
Design Details: Pratt deck truss
Total Length: 293.0 Feet
Span Length: 145.0 Feet
Overview: Deck truss bridge over Niobrara River on Old US 20
History: Built 1931-32 by the Yant Construction Co.; rehabilitated 1997
Built: 1932
Location: Cherry County
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167495
Oblique Elevation.
From Historic Bridge Inventory
167496
Elevation
From Historic Bridge Inventory
188682
Photo taken by Joe Underwood in March 2009
188683
Photo taken by Joe Underwood in March 2009
188684
Photo taken by Joe Underwood in March 2009
207950
Photo taken by James McCray
207951
Photo taken by James McCray
207952
Photo taken by James McCray
207953
Photo taken by James McCray
207954
Photo taken by James McCray
207955
Photo taken by James McCray
207956
Photo taken by James McCray
207957
Photo taken by James McCray
207958
Photo taken by James McCray
207959
Photo taken by James McCray
207960
Photo taken by James McCray
207961
Photo taken by James McCray
319094
Bryan Bridge
Photo taken by Irma Hale in August 2011
319095
Bryan Bridge
Photo taken by Irma Hale in August 2011
319096
Bryan Bridge
Photo taken by Irma Hale in August 2011
496198
Bryan Bridge
Photo from old postcard
502416
Bryan Bridge
Photo from old postcard
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.897500,-100.487222
Carries NE 12 over Minnechaduza Creek
Design: truss/deck
Design Details: Deck truss
Total Length: 174.9 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Deck truss bridge over Minnechaduza Creek on NE 12, 4 mi. east of Valentine
History: Built 1958
Built: 1958
Location: Cherry County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.817981,-101.652977
Carries County road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Main span: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 130.9 Feet
Span Length: 84.0 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Niobrara River on a county road, 7 mi. south and 2 mi. east of Merriman
History: Built 1909
Built: 1909
Location: Cherry County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.810762,-101.213952
Carries County road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 100.1 Feet
Span Length: 98.1 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Niobrara River on a county road, 1.2 mi. east and 8 mi. south of Cody
History: Built 1916
Built: 1916
Location: Cherry County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.849022,-101.319663
Carries County road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 90.9 Feet
Span Length: 89.9 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Niobrara River on a county road, 5.5 mi. south and 3 mi. west of Cody
History: Built 1916
Built: 1916
Location: Cherry County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.791699,-100.999893
Carries County road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 102.0 Feet
Span Length: 100.1 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Niobrara River on a county road, 10 mi. south and 1.75 mi. west of Kilgore
History: Built 1916; rehabilitated 1970
Built: 1916
Location: Cherry County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.786803,-100.925621
Carries County road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through
Design Details: Through truss
Total Length: 101.1 Feet
Span Length: 100.1 Feet
Overview: Through truss bridge over Niobrara River on a county road, 2.5 mi. east and 10.5 mi. south of Kilgore
History: Built 1913
Built: 1913
Location: Cherry County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.333250,-100.762361
Carries County road over North Loup River
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 128.9 Feet
Span Length: 16.1 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over North Loup River on a county road, 6.5 mi. west and 2.7 mi. north of Brownlee
History: Built 1900 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Built: 1900
Location: Cherry County
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167498
View Beside Bridge
From Historic Bridge Inventory
Status: Open to pedestrians
Location: 42.844462,-100.524134
Carries Pedestrean Trail (formerly Chicago & Northwestern Railroad) over Niobrara River
Design: girder/deck/plate
Design Details: Deck plate girder
Total Length: 1320.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Niobrara River on Pedestrian Trail (formerly Chicago & Northwestern Railroad)
History: Replaced Fremont, Elkhorn, & Missouri Valley RR bridge from 1883.
Built: 1910
Location: Cherry County
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207988
Photo taken by James McCray
207989
Photo taken by James McCray
207990
Photo taken by James McCray
207994
Photo taken by James McCray
462593
Cowboy Trail - Valentine High Bridge
Photo taken by Jerry Penry
462880
Val RR Bridge
Photo taken by James Grooms in December 2019
Status: Open to pedestrians
Location: 42.890070,-100.313945
Carries a pedestrian path over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through/parker
Design Details: Parker through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 160.0 Feet
Overview: Parker through truss bridge over Niobrara River on a pedestrian path
History: Built 1910 over Verdigre Creek near Niobrara, relocated in 1922 to a site near Verdigre, and taken out of service in 1993. Relocated and rebuilt in 1996 at present location.
Built: 1910
Location: Cherry County
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207837
Overview
Photo taken by James McCray
207838
Photo taken by James McCray
207839
Photo taken by James McCray
207840
Photo taken by James McCray
207841
Photo taken by James McCray
207842
Historic Marker
Photo taken by James McCray
207843
Photo taken by James McCray
207844
Photo taken by James McCray
207845
Photo taken by James McCray
207846
Photo taken by James McCray
207847
Photo taken by James McCray
207848
Photo taken by James McCray
207849
Photo taken by James McCray
207850
Photo taken by James McCray
207851
Photo taken by James McCray
207852
Photo taken by James McCray
207853
Photo taken by James McCray
207854
Photo taken by James McCray
275732
Verdigre Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt July 2013
275733
Verdigre Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt July 2013
275734
Verdigre Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt July 2013
Status: Abandoned
Location: 42.924584,-100.853199
Carries an old alignment of US 20 over unnamed creek
Design: beam/stringer/wood
Design Details: Timber stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned timber stringer bridge over unnamed creek on an old alignment of US 20
History:
Built:
Location: Cherry County
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208537
Overview
The bridge in the background is a restored railroad bridge on what is now known as the Cowboy Trail. See http://bridgehunter.com/ne/cherry/cowboy-trail/ for more details.
Photo taken by James McCray
208538
Photo taken by James McCray
208539
Photo taken by James McCray
208540
Photo taken by James McCray
208541
Photo taken by James McCray
208542
Photo taken by James McCray
208543
Photo taken by James McCray
208544
Photo taken by James McCray
Status: Open to pedestrians
Location: 42.924822,-100.853251
Carries a former railroad now known as the Cowboy Trail over unnamed creek
Design: beam/stringer/steel
Design Details: Steel stringer
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek on a former railroad now known as the Cowboy Trail
History:
Built:
Location: Cherry County
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208545
Photo taken by James McCray
208546
Photo taken by James McCray
208547
Photo taken by James McCray
208548
Photo taken by James McCray
208549
Both Bridges
In the foreground is the Old US 20 Bridge. See http://bridgehunter.com/ne/cherry/bh49334/ for details.
Photo taken by James McCray
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.811334,-101.724828
Carries a road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over Niobrara River on a road
History:
Built:
Location: Cherry County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.795623,-100.625828
Carries a road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over Niobrara River on a road
History:
Built: 1895-96
Location: Cherry County
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424530
Cherry County Map Bef 1920
Darr bridge SW of VAl.
Photo taken by James Grooms
433360
Jack Darr Bridge
Photo taken by James Grooms in August 2018
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.710250,-102.052373
Carries a road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/pony/pratt-half
Design Details: Half-hip Pratt pony truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pratt pony truss bridge over Niobrara River on a road
History:
Built:
Location: Cherry County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 42.844892,-100.522564
Carries Chicago & North Western Railway over Niobrara River
Design: truss/deck
Design Details: Covered wooden deck truss with trestle approaches
Total Length: 430.0 Feet
Span Length: 135.0 Feet
Overview: Covered wooden deck truss bridge over Niobrara River on Chicago & North Western Railway
History: Built 1883; Replaced 1910
Built: 1883
Location: Cherry County
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462877
Valentine RR Bridge Old and New
New bridge being built with the old in the background. There's no contemporary sources calling the original 1883 bridge the "high bridge" that I can find. In fact the term most likely came about locally while building the 1910 bridge to differentiate between the two. The old bridge wasn't particularly high. See the original Long Pine bridge for example.
Photo taken by James Grooms
462878
NHS Elkhorn Valley
Valentine as the end of the line.
Photo taken by James Grooms
499951
Valentine Bridge with Train
The Valentine bridge with a train crossing.
Status: Derelict/abandoned
Location: 42.847065,-100.200560
Carries Abandoned County Road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Niobrara River on Abandoned County Road
History: Location of the Penbrook Post Office. Appears on Pre 1920 road map as "Penbrook"
Built: Bef 1919
Location: Cherry County
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424523
County Line Bridge
Added by James Grooms in April 2018
424529
Cherry County Map
Before 1920. From Sandhill Century pg 261.
Photo taken by James Grooms
424837
Penbrook Roller Mills
From the Norden Borealis 1899.
Photo taken by James Grooms in April 2018
Status: Open to Buffalo only
Location: 42.907225,-100.451732
Carries Abandoned County Road over Niobrara River
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Tee beam
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete tee beam bridge over Niobrara River on Abandoned County Road
History:
Built:
Location: Cherry County
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502816
Photo taken for the NPS
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.613333,-101.278333
Carries County Highway over Snake River
Design: girder
Design Details: Girder
Total Length: 60.0 Feet
Span Length: 59.1 Feet
Overview: Girder bridge over Snake River on County Highway
History: Built 1935
Built: 1935
Location: Cherry County
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Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 0.000000,0.000000
Carries over Niobrara
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge over Niobrara
History: Built in 1910-1911 by the Canton Bridge Co. 12 miles sw of Val and west of the Darr Bridge and west of present day Highway 97.
Built: 1910-11
Location: Cherry County
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424531
Cherry County Map Bef 1920
Adamson SW of Val.
Photo taken by James Grooms
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 42.900300,-100.482300
Carries 16D over Niobrara River
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge on 16D over Niobrara River
History: Built 1904; replaced 1970
Built: 1904
Location: Cherry County
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425339
Cornell Bridge
From Sandhill Century page 274.This bridge is most likely near the current bridge below the dam.
Photo taken by James Grooms
428090
“Military Bridge”
Postcard.Two vs one span on other photo. No date.This bridge is most likely above the Cornell dam. The 1920 road map shows the road entering the preserve from the east above the dam. The span of the bridge seems to confirm this.
Photo taken by James Grooms
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 42.791700,-100.999900
Carries County road over Niobrara River
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: pin-connected Pratt
through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Pin-connected Pratt through truss bridge over Niobrara River
History: Formerly the Reimenschneider Bridge at 16F. Moved in 1965 to the McCann site. I believe this is what State calls the Galloway Bridge.
Built: 1918
Location: Cherry County
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425337
Galloway Bridge
From pg 217 of Sandhill Century.
Photo taken by James Grooms
Status: Removed but not replaced
Location: 42.826500,-100.551100
Carries over
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge
History:
Built:
Location: Cherry County
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425330
Cherry County Map Bef 1920
Shows early bridges and names.
Photo taken by James Grooms
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 42.853964,-100.513062
Carries over
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Bridge
History: Steel truss bridge removed to the Brewer site on the Niobrara. The Woodson Bridge was replaced by the Bormon just upstream. Henry Woodson had a homestead here.
Built:
Location: Cherry County
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Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
