Midland Bridge Company

Bridge at Cameron, Arizona

Dewey Bridge carried SR-128 across the Colorado River until its retirement in 1988

The Midland Bridge Company is a firm based in Kansas City, Missouri that has built numerous bridges. Several of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Works of the firm include:

Dewey Bridge, built 1916, NE of Moab, Utah, carried Utah SR-128 across the Colorado River.^[1] When completed, it was the second-longest suspension bridge west of the Mississippi River. Destroyed by fire in 2008,^[2]^[3] but still listed on the NRHP.
Cameron Suspension Bridge, Cameron, Arizona, carries U.S. Route 89 across Little Colorado River, longest suspension bridge west of the Mississippi at the time of construction.^[2]^[4]
Allentown Bridge, Indian Rt. 9402 over the Puerco River, milepost 9.1 Houck, Arizona, NRHP-listed
Caddo Lake Bridge, LA 538, over Caddo Lake, Mooringsport, Louisiana, NRHP-listed
Delaware River Parker Truss Bridge, Bridge St., 0.3 mi. W of int. with Main St. Perry, Kansas, NRHP-listed
EJE Bridge over Shell Creek, Cty. Rd. CN9-57, Shell, Wyoming, NRHP-listed
Green Bridge, 4100 Dripping Springs Rd., Las Cruces, New Mexico, NRHP-listed
Hereford Bridge, Hereford Rd. over the San Pedro River, Hereford, Arizona, NRHP-listed
Hurricane-LaVerkin Bridge, E of UT 9 over the Virgin River Hurricane, Utah, NRHP-listed
Long Shoals Bridge, over Little Osage River, east of Fulton, Kansas, NRHP-listed
Park Avenue Bridge, Park Ave. over the San Francisco River, Clifton, Arizona, NRHP-listed

References

↑ Daughters of Utah Pioneers (1972). Grand Memories. pp. 127, 144. OCLC 4790603.
1 2 "Historic American Engineering Record – UT0411". U.S. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2008-02-24.
↑ Harmon, Gary (2008-04-07). "Historic Dewey Bridge lost to fire". Grand Junction, Colorado: The Daily Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2008-06-26. Retrieved 2008-06-27.
↑ Fraser, Clayton B. (October 31, 2004). "Cameron Suspension Bridge" (PDF). Historic Bridge Inventory. Arizona Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.

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