The Lisbon Bridge over the

Sheyenne River The Sheyenne River is one of the major tributaries of the Red River of the North, meandering U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed June 8, 2011 across eastern North Dakota, Uni ...

Lisbon, North Dakota Lisbon is a city in and the county seat of Ransom County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 2,204 at the 2020 census. History Lisbon was founded in 1880 by Joseph L. Colton, who named the new city after Lisbon, New York, his wif ...

, also known as Sheyenne River Bridge, was built by the

Works Project Administration The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, in ...

in 1936. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1997. and

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Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota Bridges completed in 1936 National Register of Historic Places in Ransom County, North Dakota Steel bridges in the United States Cantilever bridges in the United States Works Progress Administration in North Dakota Transportation in Ransom County, North Dakota Lisbon, North Dakota 1936 establishments in North Dakota {{NorthDakota-bridge-struct-stub