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| Second photo for John's post below |
John Cockle posted two photos with the comment:
Big time bummer: a fire has destroyed the western trestle approach to a UPRR bridge spanning Salt Creek in the heart of Lincoln, NE. The damage to the trestle section was severe enough to cause one end of the truss bridge to collapse into the creek. This bridge was actively use by UPRR and they will have to negotiate with BNSF for an alternative.I believe this is/was a lattice-type truss bridge. Can anyone confirm that understanding? Second photo is by Gary Binder from the Nebraska Railroads FB page.
Dennis DeBruler: This is Nathan Holth's comment on Bridge Hunter: "it's not a Whipple... it's an extremely rare variation of the lattice truss, the Triple Intersection Warren. Most lattice trusses are Quadruple Intersection Warrens (sometimes called quadrangular). A very nice and highly significant historic bridge." https://web.archive.org/web/20210620010517/https://bridgehunter.com/ne/lancaster/up-salt-creek/
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"Built 1899, Moved here 1921" The bridge is 230' (70m) long, and the span is 100' (30m). [BridgeHunter]
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| 2015 photo by John Marvig via BridgeHunter |
When I think of Lincoln, NE, I think of CB&Q. And, indeed, it had six spokes into this town. UP and RI had routes through this town, and C&NW and MoPac had routes that terminated in this town. Today, only the CB&Q and UP routes are still used. I see that US-6 and US-34 also go through this town. The "bridge to nowhere" that is north of the UP bridge used to connect to MoPac.
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| 1964/66 Lincoln Quad @ 24,000 |
This is a view of the UP bridge from the abandoned MoPac connection.
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| Milton McNeeLee, May 2017 |
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