Bridge (Royal, Nebraska)

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Bridge

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| nearest_city= Royal, Nebraska

| coordinates={{coord|42|24|50|N|98|4|2|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Nebraska#USA

| built = {{Start date|1911}}

| builder = Lackawanna Steel Co.; Western Bridge & Construction Co.

| architecture = Kingpost pony truss

| added = June 29, 1992

| delisted = March 25, 2019

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500389.pdf Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS]

| refnum = 92000725{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The Bridge designated NEHBS No. AP00-252 near Royal, Nebraska built in 1911 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It brought a township road over an unnamed stream, about {{convert|6.8|mi|km}} northeast of Royal. The bridge was fabricated by the Lackawanna Steel Co. and built by the Western Bridge & Construction Co. of Omaha, Nebraska at cost of $1,149. It was a Kingpost pony truss bridge with span length of {{convert|30|ft|m}}, total length of {{convert|32|ft|m}}, and roadway width of {{convert|16|ft|m}}.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=92000725}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bridge / NEHBS No. AP00-252 |publisher=National Park Service|author=Clayton B. Fraser |date=June 30, 1991 |accessdate=September 1, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=92000725|photos=y|title=photos}}.

When listed on the National Register, it was one of the last two surviving kingpost truss bridges in the state; the other was the Verdigris Creek Bridge (c.1918), also in Antelope County near Royal.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=92000770}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Verdigris Creek Bridge / NEHBS No. AP00-253|publisher=National Park Service|author=Clayton B. Eraser |date=June 30, 1991 |accessdate=September 4, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=92000770|photos=y|title=photo from 1989}}. It seems that the bridge no longer exists. The site is not listed on Nebraska State Historical Society's website.{{cite web|url=http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/antelope.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000413225055/http://nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/antelope.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 13, 2000|title=Nebraska National Register Sites in Antelope County|accessdate=2010-04-09}} It was delisted from the National Register in 2019.

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