Cedar Creek Bridge (Haynes, North Dakota) Explained

Cedar Creek Bridge
Coordinates:46.0506°N -102.2269°W
Built:1908
Builder:Twin City Building Company
Added:February 27, 1997
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:97000168

The Cedar Creek Bridge near Haynes, North Dakota, United States, is a Pratt through truss structure that was built in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1997.[1]

It is a rigid-connected (riveted) Pratt through truss. It was one of many North Dakota bridges listed on the National Register as part of a Multiple Property Submission. The bridge is located 6miles north and 11miles east of Haynes. It brings a county section road across Cedar Creek, a tributary to the Cannonball River.[1] [2]

According to its NRHP nomination, "The bridge is significant ... for its association with an important pattern of bridge construction in a number of counties in the state, in which one or two bridge companies received most of the contracts over a successive period of years, even with, or under the pretense of, competitive bidding. This pattern emerged in the late nineteenth century and, in some counties, continued into the 1930s. This bridge serves as a representative example of the pattern; it is one of the two oldest documented bridges in Adams County constructed by a long-term county bridge builder, the Twin City Bridge Company."[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=97000168}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cedar Creek Bridge / 32AD50 ]. Mark Hufstetler . December 10, 1996 . National Park Service. and
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64500380}} National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota ]. Mark Hufstetler . December 10, 1996 . National Park Service.