Cambridge Republican bridge detail from SW

Sutherland State Aid Bridge N half from W

The Lincoln Construction Company was an American construction company in

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. The company built several bridges in Nebraska between 1913 and 1916. A state engineer, after inspecting one of the company's bridge, found that "the workmanship as a whole was decidedly poor" and recommended suspending all payments on the bridge until the "poor appearance" was remedied. Company president, W.S. Collett, stated that the company's experience in the bridge business had been "more or less disastrous, from a financial point... which leads me to the conclusion that I had better quit while my credit remains good." Despite the findings of the state engineer, five of the bridges built by Lincoln Construction Company have been listed on the

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. They are: * Cambridge State Aid Bridge, on Nebraska Highway 47 over the

Republican River The Republican River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, rising in the High Plains of eastern Colorado and flowing east U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map acce ...

, 0.6 miles south of

Cambridge, Nebraska Cambridge is a city in Furnas County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,071 at the 2020 census. History Cambridge was originally called Pickletown, and under the latter name was laid out in the 1870s by J. W. Pickle. When the railr ...

(Lincoln Construction Co.), NRHP-listed * Carns State Aid Bridge (1913), County Road over the

Niobrara River The Niobrara River (; , , literally "water spread-out horizontal-the" or "The Wide-Spreading Water") is a tributary of the Missouri River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. Many early settlers, such as Mari Sandoz, referred to the rive ...

, 10.8 miles northeast of Bassett, Nebraska (Nebraska State Engineer, designer, Lincoln Construction Company, builder), NRHP-listed *

Deering Bridge The Deering Bridge, near Sutton, Nebraska, is a historic bridge that was built in 1916. It is a concrete spandrel arch bridge designed by the Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges and built by the Lincoln Construction Co. Also known as School ...

(1916), County Road over School Creek, 2 miles north, 2 miles east of

Sutton, Nebraska Sutton is a city in Clay County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 1,447 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Hastings, Nebraska Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Sutton was laid out in 1871 when the Burlington and Missouri Riv ...

(Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges, designer, and Lincoln Construction Company, builder), NRHP-listed * Stewart Bridge, County Road over Big Sandy Creek, 1 mile east and 8 miles north of

Oak, Nebraska Oak () is a village in Nuckolls County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 66 at the 2010 census. History The first settlement was made in the Oak area in the 1860s. Oak was platted on its current site in 1888 when the Fremont, Elkho ...

(Nebraska Highway Department and Lincoln Construction Co.), NRHP-listed * Sutherland State Aid Bridge (1914–1915), County Road over the

North Platte River The North Platte River is a major tributary of the Platte River and is approximately long, counting its many curves.U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 21, 2011 I ...

, 4.2 miles north of Sutherland, Nebraska (Nebraska Bureau of Roads & Bridges, designer, and Lincoln Construction Company, builder of the arches), NRHP-listed

References

{{reflist Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States Companies based in Nebraska Bridge companies 1913 establishments in Nebraska Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1913 American companies established in 1913