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The Midland Bridge Company is a firm based in
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, Missouri, United States, that has built numerous bridges. Several of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Works of the firm include: * Dewey Bridge, built 1916, NE of Moab, Utah, carried
Utah State Route 128 State Route 128 (SR-128) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah. The entire length of the highway has been designated the Upper Colorado River Scenic Byway, as part of the Utah Scenic Byways program. This road also forms part of the ...
across the Colorado River. When completed, it was the second-longest
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west of the Mississippi River. Destroyed by fire in 2008, but still listed on the NRHP. * Cameron Suspension Bridge,
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, carries U.S. Route 89 across
Little Colorado River The Little Colorado River () is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona, providing the principal drainage from the Painted Desert region. Together with its major tributary, the Puerco River, it drains an area of about in ...
, longest suspension bridge west of the Mississippi at the time of construction. * Allentown Bridge, Indian Rt. 9402 over the
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, milepost 9.1
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, NRHP-listed * Caddo Lake Bridge, LA 538, over Caddo Lake, Mooringsport, Louisiana, NRHP-listed * Delaware River Parker Truss Bridge, Bridge St., 0.3 mi. W of int. with Main St. Perry, Kansas, NRHP-listed *
EJE Bridge over Shell Creek The EJE Bridge over Shell Creek is a Warren pony truss bridge located near Shell, Wyoming, which carries Big Horn County Road CN9-57 across Shell Creek. The bridge was built in 1920 by the Midland Bridge Company, the only firm to bid for the b ...
, Cty. Rd. CN9-57,
Shell, Wyoming Shell is a census-designated place (CDP) in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 83 at the 2010 Census. The community is named for the abundance of fossil shells located in the area. Nearby exposed formations such as the ...
, NRHP-listed * Green Bridge, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd., Las Cruces, New Mexico, NRHP-listed * Hereford Bridge, Hereford Rd. over the San Pedro River, Hereford, Arizona, NRHP-listed *
Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge __NOTOC__ The Hurricane-La Verkin Bridge spans the Virgin River, connecting the towns of Hurricane and LaVerkin in southern Utah, United States. Description The five-panel steel Warren pony truss spans , and is supported by concrete-filled s ...
, East of
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over the Virgin River Hurricane, Utah, NRHP-listed * Long Shoals Bridge, over
Little Osage River The Little Osage River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Osage River in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via ...
, east of Fulton, Kansas, NRHP-listed * Park Avenue Bridge, Park Ave. over the San Francisco River, Clifton, Arizona, NRHP-listed


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