Big Blue River Bridge (other)
Big Blue River Bridge may refer to: * Big Blue River Bridge (Grafton, Nebraska), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Fillmore County, Nebraska * Big Blue River Bridge (Surprise, Nebraska), listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Butler County, Nebraska See also *Big Blue River (other) Big Blue River may refer to: *Big Blue River (Indiana) *Big Blue River (Kansas) *Blue River (Missouri River tributary), or Big Blue River, flows through Kansas and Missouri See also * Big Blue River Bridge (other) * Little Blue River (di ...

Big Blue River Bridge (Grafton, Nebraska)
The Big Blue River Bridge is a National Register of Historic Places-listed bridge located in Fillmore County, Nebraska, near the village of Grafton. The bridge is one of two listed on the Register within Fillmore County, the other being the Deering Bridge. The bridge is a single-span, concrete, spandrel arch facility. The site was first designed by state engineers in 1917, and was constructed in 1918. At the time of the construction, the facility's architectural style was the main bridge design in the state. The bridge still retains all original building materials, and has only undergone slight maintenance since construction. The bridge carries Fillmore County Road 6 over the West Fork of the Big Blue River. Location and description The Big Blue River Bridge is located in the Grafton Township, in the northwestern portion of Fillmore County. The bridge is located approximately five miles north and one mile west of the village of Grafton, Hess 1992, p. 1 or approximately ...
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Big Blue River Bridge (Surprise, Nebraska)
The Big Blue River Bridge near Surprise, Nebraska is a pin-connected Pratt truss bridge that was built in 1897. It was designed and built by the Canton Bridge Co. with steel fabricated by the Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. Also denoted NEHBS No. BU00-84, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It was deemed significant as a relatively rare example, and one of the oldest examples documented in Nebraska, of a truss leg bedstead A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure. In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembla ... bridge. and As of 2010, the bridge was closed to traffic.See October 2010 photo of bridge The Bridge is no longer closed. References External links * Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska Bridges completed in 1897 Buildings and structu ...
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