Facts
- Overview
- Truss bridge over Republican River on US 281, 2 mi. south of Red Cloud
- Location
- Webster County, Nebraska
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1935
- Design
- Truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 644.1 ft.
- Inventory number
- BH 24779 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 10/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 47.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 1,095
Comments
Republican River Bridge
Actually, they are two different types. This bridge is a cantilver (also known as a continuous) truss bridge. The Asylum Bridge is a very rare style known as a Reverse Parker. If you look carefully at the middle portion of the Asylum Bridge, you will notice that it resembles a Parker Truss, only with the top chords inverted. The Asylum Bridge is thought to be the only one of its kind in existence.
Republican River Bridge
Robert
This bridge looks like a newer version of the Asylum Bridge.
Do you think its the same truss type, and are there any connections between the two?