Rulo Bridge

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|name=Rulo Bridge

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|image=Rulo-bridge.jpg

|caption=Old Rulo Bridge (left) from the Missouri side. A new bridge has since been built to replace the original structure.

|location={{jct|country=USA|US|159}}, Rulo, Nebraska, and Holt County, Missouri

|coordinates = {{coord|40|3|14.35|N|95|25|13.95|W|display=inline,title}}

|area=

|built=1938

|architect=Harrington & Cortelyou

|architecture=

|added=January 4, 1993

|delisted=November 16, 2015

|mpsub=Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS

|refnum=92000718{{NRISref|2007a}}

}}

The Rulo Bridge is the name for the bridge that crosses Missouri River on U.S. Route 159 (US 159) from the village of Rulo in Richardson County, Nebraska, to Holt County, Missouri, west of Big Lake.

1939 Bridge

The old Rulo bridge was a truss bridge built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration and Kansas City Bridge Company and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. It was featured in the movie Paper Moon.{{Cite web |url=http://dnr.mo.gov/shpo/nps-nr/92000718.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rulo Bridge |access-date=2017-01-01 |last=Hess |first=Demian |date=June 1991 |publisher=Missouri Department of Natural Resources}} (includes 1 photograph) In March 2009, Nebraska Department of Roads approved a plan for a new bridge, which would be {{Convert|650|ft}} south of the current bridge. The current Rulo Bridge would then be dismantled.{{Cite news |url=http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10579324 |title=New Bridge at Rulo is Approved |newspaper=Omaha World-Herald |date=March 5, 2009}}{{Cite news |url=http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10581899 |title=New Rulo Bridge Design Plans OK'd |newspaper=Omaha World-Herald |date=March 9, 2009}}

2013 Bridge

The new Rulo bridge opened in 2013, and the historic bridge was imploded on January 19, 2014.{{cite news |title=Large crowd gathers to watch Rulo Bridge implosion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/106920810/ |newspaper=St. Joseph News-Press |date=January 20, 2014 |page=A5 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=August 4, 2022}}{{Cite news |last=Laukaitis |first=Algis J. |url=http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/span-of-historic-rulo-bridge-destroyed/article_edf0319a-d34a-56b7-a627-cd7918c24821.html |title=Span of historic Rulo bridge destroyed |newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star |date=2014-01-19 |access-date=2014-08-02}} It was removed from the National Register the next year.{{Cite web |title=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 11/16/15 Through 11/20/15 |url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20151127.htm |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=November 12, 2017 |date=November 27, 2015}} The replacement bridge was indefinitely closed to all traffic in April 2019 as a result of the 2019 Midwestern U.S. floods. It reopened in September 2019 for access to Missouri Route 111, and the remainder of U.S. Route 159 was reopened in late October for access to Interstate 29.{{Cite news|date=September 6, 2019|title=US Rte 159 opened to Rulo, Nebraska|newspaper=KQ2.com|url=https://www.kq2.com/content/news/US-Route-159-now-open-to-Rulo-NE--559619861.html}}{{Cite web|date=September 6, 2019|title=NOW OPEN: U.S. Route 159 access to Rulo, Nebraska restored {{!}} Missouri Department of Transportation|url=https://www.modot.org/node/16649|access-date=2022-02-22|website=www.modot.org}}{{Cite web|date=October 31, 2019|title=NOW OPEN: U.S. Route 159 access to Rulo, Nebraska restored again {{!}} Missouri Department of Transportation|url=https://www.modot.org/node/17167|access-date=2022-02-22|website=www.modot.org}}{{Cite web|last=McKim|first=Nikki|date=2019-09-11|title=Rulo Bridge now open, but 159 in MO still closed|url=https://fcjournal.net/2019/09/11/rulo-bridge-now-open-but-159-in-mo-still-closed/|access-date=2022-02-21|website=Falls City Journal|language=en-US}}

References

External links

{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20000610134657/http://nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/richards.htm Nebraska History entry]}}
[http://www.nebraskatransportation.org/projects/rulo-bridge/index.htm Nebraska Department of Roads Rulo Bridge Construction website]
[http://bridgehunter.com/ne/richardson/rulo/ Bridgehunter]

{{Crossings navbox

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|place = Missouri River

|bridge = Rulo Bridge

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|upstream = Rulo Rail Bridge

|upstream signs = BNSF Railway

|downstream = St. Joseph Swing Bridge

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Category:Buildings and structures in Holt County, Missouri

Category:Buildings and structures in Richardson County, Nebraska