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The Neligh Mill Bridge is a
truss bridge 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 ...
which brings Elm St. over the
Elkhorn River The Elkhorn River is a river in northeastern Nebraska, United States, that originates in the eastern Sandhills and is one of the largest tributaries of the Platte River, flowing and joining the Platte just southwest of Omaha, approximately s ...
in Neligh in
Antelope County, Nebraska Antelope County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 6,295. Its county seat is Neligh, Nebraska, Neligh. The county was formed in 1871. It received its ...
. It was built in 1910 and 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 v ...
in 1992. It has also been known as the Elm Street Bridge and as Elkhorn River Bridge. The bridge was damaged by flooding in June 2010. The Antelope County Board of Supervisors voted in April 2011 to remove it, but rescinded this decision in June 2011.Anchan, Asha.
"Bridge's future still undecided".

Norfolk Daily News.
' 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2011-08-31. The bridge is located near the
Neligh Mill The Neligh Mill is a water-powered flour mill in the city of Neligh in the northeastern part of the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. The mill was built in 1873 by John Neligh, the city's founder, to make use of water power fro ...
, a historic site owned by the Nebraska Historical Society. There once was a wagon bridge on the site which was replaced by a truss bridge in 1884. That was replaced by this bridge in 1910. The bridge is a pinned
Pratt Pratt is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: A–F * Abner Pratt (1801–1863), American diplomat, jurist, politician, lawyer * Al Pratt (baseball) (1847–1937), American baseball player * Andy Pratt (baseball) (bor ...
through truss bridge (140 feet span with 145 feet total length) built by the
Western Bridge and Construction Company The Western Bridge and Construction Company, located in Omaha, Nebraska, was one of the foremost bridge engineering and manufacture, manufacturing companies in the Midwestern United States. Several of their bridges are now listed on the National Reg ...
of Omaha, which had Antelope County's annual contract for 1910. It is built upon steel cylinder piers. Its NRHP nomination states that the Neligh Mill Bridge "is technologically significant as an early, well-preserved example of the pinned Pratt through truss: a mainstay structural type for wagon bridges built throughout Nebraska between the 1880s and the 1920s." With .


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* Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska Bridges completed in 1910 Bridges in Antelope County, Nebraska Steel bridges in the United States Pratt truss bridges in the United States Road bridges in Nebraska National Register of Historic Places in Antelope County, Nebraska {{Nebraska-NRHP-stub