West Park Bridge Explained

West Park Bridge
Coordinates:46.9206°N -98.0083°W
Built:1924
Architecture:Concrete false arch bridge
Added:February 27, 1997
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:97000169

The West Park Bridge across the Sheyenne River in Valley City, North Dakota is a concrete false arch structure that was built in 2007. Together with the corresponding East Park Bridge, it brings Valley City's 4th Street across an oxbow of the Sheyenne River. The bridge is a sympathetic replacement for a historic bridge, built in 1924, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

The 1924 bridge was deemed significant as a good example of "early twentieth-century bridge design and construction philosophies in urban North Dakota", including having design emphasis on visual detail, and for its "aesthetic merit", relating to its unusual use of the false arch girder design and to its railings and lamps.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=97000169}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: West Park Bridge ]. 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.