The Midland Bridge Company is a firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, that has built numerous bridges. Several of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
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![A view of a cable suspension bridge with one metal tower and a wooden deck. The second tower is partially obscured by a cottonwood tree.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Deweybridge.jpg/300px-Deweybridge.jpg)
Works of the firm include:
- Dewey Bridge, built 1916, NE of Moab, Utah, carried Utah State Route 128 across the Colorado River.[1] When completed, it was the second-longest suspension bridge west of the Mississippi River. Destroyed by fire in 2008,[2][3] but still listed on the NRHP.
- Cameron Suspension Bridge, Cameron, Arizona, carries U.S. Route 89 across Little Colorado River, longest suspension bridge west of the Mississippi at the time of construction.[2][4]
- Allentown Bridge, Indian Rt. 9402 over the Puerco River, milepost 9.1 Houck, Arizona, NRHP-listed
- Caddo Lake Bridge, LA 538, over Caddo Lake, Mooringsport, Louisiana, NRHP-listed
- Delaware River Parker Truss Bridge, Bridge St., 0.3 mi. W of int. with Main St. Perry, Kansas, NRHP-listed
- EJE Bridge over Shell Creek, Cty. Rd. CN9-57, Shell, Wyoming, NRHP-listed
- Green Bridge, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd., Las Cruces, New Mexico, NRHP-listed
- Hereford Bridge, Hereford Rd. over the San Pedro River, Hereford, Arizona, NRHP-listed
- Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge, East of Utah State Route 9 over the Virgin River Hurricane, Utah, NRHP-listed
- Long Shoals Bridge, over Little Osage River, east of Fulton, Kansas, NRHP-listed
- Park Avenue Bridge, Park Ave. over the San Francisco River, Clifton, Arizona, NRHP-listed
References
edit- ^ Daughters of Utah Pioneers (1972). Grand Memories. pp. 127, 144. OCLC 4790603.
- ^ a b "Historic American Engineering Record – UT0411". U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
- ^ Harmon, Gary (2008-04-07). "Historic Dewey Bridge lost to fire". Grand Junction, Colorado: The Daily Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
- ^ Fraser, Clayton B. (October 31, 2004). "Cameron Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Historic Bridge Inventory. Arizona Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.