The West Antelope Bridge near
Flora, North Dakota is a pin-connected Pratt
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 ...
structure that was built in 1907. 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 v ...
in 1997.
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It brings an unpaved, little-maintained county road 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 ...
.[ and ]
See also
* West Park Bridge, also NRHP-listed over the Sheyenne
References
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota
Bridges completed in 1907
National Register of Historic Places in Benson County, North Dakota
Pratt truss bridges in the United States
1907 establishments in North Dakota
Transportation in Benson County, North Dakota
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