Mynard Road Bridge

United States historic place


Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Mynard Road Bridge
40°58′22″N 96°04′55″W / 40.97278°N 96.08194°W / 40.97278; -96.08194
Area	less than one acre
Built	1900
Built by	J.R. Sheeley and Company
Architectural style	Warren truss leg bedstead
MPS	Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000707^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 29, 1992

The Mynard Road Bridge, now located near Ashland, Nebraska, is a historic Warren truss leg bedstead bridge that was built in 1900. It was probably built by J.R. Sheeley and Company, of Lincoln, Nebraska and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]^[2] The 50-foot (15 m) Mynard Road Bridge was the longest of its engineering type remaining in the state of Nebraska when the historic inventory was done in 1992, and was still used for vehicular traffic at that time.^[2] The bridge was originally situated on the Maynard Road and was built to span an unnamed stream, 4.7 mi (7.6 km) southeast of Louisville, Nebraska.^[2] In 2000, the bridge was relocated to be used as a pedestrian bridge at the Lee G. Simmons Conservation Park and Wildlife Safari.^[3]

Detail of trusses
Top rivets on truss

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Bridge, NEHBS Number CCOO-214" (pdf). U.S. Department of the Interior. June 29, 1992. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
^ "Wildlife Safari Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.