Lincoln Highway Viaduct over Loup River -- Columbus NE USA
N 41° 25.601 W 097° 22.090
14T E 636352 N 4587409
An elegant truss bridge carries the US30/Lincoln Highway southbound over the Loup River as you come into Columbus, Nebraska.
Waymark Code: WM17EX2
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 02/09/2023
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This beautiful truss bridge was built in 1931 to carry two lanes of the Lincoln Highway/US30/US81 over the Loup River south of Columbus, Nebraska.
Northbound traffic on US81/US30 into Columbus is now carried on an adjacent concrete bridge that looks to Blasterz like it was built in the 1950s or 1960s.
From Bridgehunter.com: (
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"Facts
Overview
Through truss bridge over Loup River on Westbound US 30/US 81
Location
Columbus, Platte County, Nebraska
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1931
Design
Seven span Parker through truss. North approach is a steel beam stringer.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 1,270.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Also called
US81 Loup River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.41684, -97.36817 (decimal degrees)
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/636373/4586317 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Columbus
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
13,585
Inventory number
BH 24445 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 6 (out of 100)"