The Bridge designated NEHBS No. AP00-252 near

Royal, Nebraska Royal is a village in Antelope County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 63 at the 2010 census. History The community was established in 1890 (or 1880), and was originally named "Savage". The community was renamed after Royal Thayer, w ...

built in 1911 was listed on the

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in 1992. It brought a township road over an unnamed stream, about northeast of Royal. The bridge was fabricated by the Lackawanna Steel Co. and built by the Western Bridge & Construction Co. of Omaha, Nebraska at cost of $1,149. It was a

Kingpost A king post (or king-post or kingpost) is a central vertical post used in architectural or bridge designs, working in tension to support a beam below from a truss apex above (whereas a crown post, though visually similar, supports items above fro ...

pony truss A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements (typically straight) may be stressed from tension, compression, or s ...

bridge with span length of , total length of , and roadway width of . With . When listed on the National Register, it was one of the last two surviving kingpost truss bridges in the state; the other was the Verdigris Creek Bridge (c.1918), also in Antelope County near Royal. With . It seems that the bridge no longer exists. The site is not listed on Nebraska State Historical Society's website. It was delisted from the National Register in 2019. File:Crossing on 522 Av N of 868 Rd - W side.JPG, Crossing on 522 Av N of 868 Rd

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* Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska Bridges completed in 1911 Bridges in Antelope County, Nebraska Road bridges in Nebraska King post truss bridges in the United States 1911 establishments in Nebraska Former National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska National Register of Historic Places in Antelope County, Nebraska {{Nebraska-NRHP-stub