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The Rulo Bridge is a bridge that carries U.S. Route 159 over the
Nebraska Department of Roads Rulo Bridge Construction websiteBridgehunter
Buildings and structures in Holt County, Missouri Buildings and structures in Richardson County, Nebraska Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska Bridges completed in 1939 Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System Bridges over the Missouri River Works Progress Administration in Missouri Works Progress Administration in Nebraska U.S. Route 159 Interstate vehicle bridges in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Richardson County, Nebraska Truss bridges in the United States Metal bridges in the United States Former National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska {{Nebraska-bridge-struct-stub
The Rulo Bridge is a bridge that carries U.S. Route 159 over the Missouri River
The Missouri River is a river in the Central United States, Central and Mountain states, Mountain West regions of the United States. The nation's longest, it rises in the eastern Centennial Mountains of the Bitterroot Range of the Rocky Moun ...
between Rulo, Nebraska and Minton Township, Missouri west of Big Lake.
History
Original bridge
The old Rulo bridge was atruss bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units. The connected elements, typically straight, may be stressed from tension, compression, or ...
built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to car ...
and Kansas City Bridge Company. It was featured in the 1973 film '' Paper Moon'', and was added to the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1993. (includes 1 photograph)
The historic bridge was imploded on January 19, 2014, and removed from the National Register that year.
Current bridge
In March 2009, Nebraska Department of Roads approved a plan for a new bridge, which would be south of the old bridge. The new Rulo bridge opened in 2013. The 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 toInterstate 29
Interstate 29 (I-29) is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern United States. I-29 runs from Kansas City, Missouri, at a junction with I-35 and I-70, to the Canada–US border near Pembina, North Dakota, where it connects with Manitoba ...
.
See also
* List of crossings of the Missouri River * List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska *List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Missouri.
References
{{NRHP bridges
Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri,
Lists of bridges on the Natio ...
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Richardson County, Nebraska
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Holt County, Missouri
* List of historic bridges in Nebraska
References
External links
*Nebraska Department of Roads Rulo Bridge Construction website
Buildings and structures in Holt County, Missouri Buildings and structures in Richardson County, Nebraska Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska Bridges completed in 1939 Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System Bridges over the Missouri River Works Progress Administration in Missouri Works Progress Administration in Nebraska U.S. Route 159 Interstate vehicle bridges in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Richardson County, Nebraska Truss bridges in the United States Metal bridges in the United States Former National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska {{Nebraska-bridge-struct-stub