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towers on barges on both sides of the up and downstream sides. The new bridge was placed on the upstream towers and the old bridge was moved to the downstream side and then new bridge was placed on the original 1887 piers. The total cost of the operation was $ 6.7 million.
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The original bridge was built in 1887. It was fabricated in England and reassembled at Rulo. In the summer of 1977 the steel truss was replaced in 48 hours when sections of the new bridge were assembled on either side of the river, then lifted onto
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Prior to the replacement only grain rather than coal trains could cross the bridge.
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Nebraska
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Rulo Rail Bridge from the Nebraska side. The road bridge is just to the south.
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to transport coal from Wyoming and Colorado to Midwest power plants.
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Rulo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Rulo, Richardson County, NE
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Buildings and structures in Richardson County, Nebraska
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truss bridge
Missouri River
Rulo, Nebraska
Holt County, Missouri
BNSF Railway
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Missouri
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Nebraska
List of crossings of the Missouri River
Lincoln Star
Lincoln, Nebraska
Historic American Engineering Record
Rulo Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Rulo, Richardson County, NE
Missouri River
Brownville Bridge

Rulo Bridge

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