Coordinates: 40°3′14.35″N 95°25′13.95″W / 40.0539861°N 95.4205417°W / 40.0539861; -95.4205417

Rulo Bridge

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Rulo Bridge
The original Rulo Bridge (left), pictured from the Missouri side in 2006, with the Rulo Rail Bridge behind it
Location US 159, Rulo, Nebraska, and Holt County, Missouri
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Built1938
ArchitectHarrington & Cortelyou
MPSHighway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
NRHP reference No.92000718[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 4, 1993
Removed from NRHPNovember 16, 2015

The Rulo Bridge is a bridge that carries U.S. Route 159 over the Missouri River between Rulo, Nebraska and Minton Township, Missouri west of Big Lake.

History

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The old Rulo bridge was a truss bridge built in 1939 by the Works Progress Administration and Kansas City Bridge Company. It was featured in the 1973 film Paper Moon, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[2]

The historic bridge was imploded on January 19, 2014,[3] and removed from the National Register that year.[4]

Current bridge

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The new bridge in 2014
The current bridge in twilight in 2025

In March 2009, Nebraska Department of Roads approved a plan for a new bridge, which would be 650 feet (200 m) south of the old bridge.[5][6] The new Rulo bridge opened in 2013.[3][7]

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 to Interstate 29.[8][9][10][11]

See also

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