US81/US30 Viaduct over Loup River -- Columbus NE USA - Truss Bridges on Waymarking.com

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: (visit link)

"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)"

Parking Coordinates:: N 41° 25.127 W 097° 22.131 Date Built: 01/01/1931 Length of Span: 1270.1 ft www: https://bridgehunter.com/ne/platte/S03037773L/

Visit Instructions:
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Date Logged Log User Rating   02/11/2023 Benchmark Blasterz visited it