General Information
| Completion: | 1924 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Vertical lift bridge Through truss bridge Pratt type truss bridge |
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| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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| Plan view: |
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| Function / usage: |
original use: Road bridge current use: Bicycle and pedestrian bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Yankton, Yankton County, South Dakota, USA Cedar County, Nebraska, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Carries: |
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| Coordinates: | 42° 51' 52" N 97° 23' 37" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| total length | 508.7 m | |
| number of spans | 7 |
Materials
| towers |
steel
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| truss |
steel
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Chronology
| 1952 | Railroad tracks on bottom deck are removed and the deck is converted for vehicular use. |
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| 1983 | Counterweights are removed so that the vertical lift span is no longer functional. |
| November 2011 | The bridge is re-opened for non-vehicular traffic. |
Notes
Comment by Kathy Grow, author of "The Bridge We Built":
"Railroad track was probably never actually fastened to the lower deck of the Meridian Bridge, as best we could tell after three years of extensive research. Some track did lay there for a time, but was certainly never used. The misconception usually arises from a popular 'artist's rendition' of the bridge, done prior to its construction, which shows track on the bottom deck."
Participants
Owner
Design
Construction
- Missouri Valley Bridge and Iron Company (substructure)
Steel construction
Steel supplier
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2001): The Bridge We Built. The Story of Yankton's Meridian Bridge. Vintage Point Press, Yankton (USA), pp. 240.
- (1984): Great American Bridges and Dams. A National Trust Guide. John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), pp. 237.
- (1999): Spans in Time: A History of Nebraska Bridges. Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln (USA), pp. 106.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000952 - Published on:
16/09/2000 - Last updated on:
05/02/2016
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