Blair Bridge (Union Pacific Railroad)
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The Blair Bridge carries the
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's Blair Subdivision between the
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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).


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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Iowa __NOTOC__ This is a list of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in the U.S. state of Iowa. Bridges Notes References {{HAER list, structure=bridge *List *List Iowa Iowa () is a state in the Midwestern reg ...
* List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Nebraska *
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