The Blair Bridge carries the
Union Pacific Railroad
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's
Blair Subdivision between the
U.S. state
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s of
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the sout ...
and
Iowa
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, across the
Missouri River near
Blair, Nebraska. It was built in 1883 by the
Sioux City and Pacific Rail Road, replacing a
car ferry.
Automobile traffic crosses via the parallel
Blair Bridge (U.S. Route 30).
See also
*
*
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Nebraska
*
List of crossings of the Missouri River
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Missouri River from the Mississippi River upstream to its source(s).
Crossings
See also
* List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River
* List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi Ri ...
References
External links
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