South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge

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The current South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge from the south on the Nebraska side

The South Omaha Veterans Memorial Bridge carries U.S. Route 275 over the Missouri River connecting Omaha, Nebraska with Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Original bridge

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It was built by the Kansas City Bridge Company opening on January 18, 1936. It is Script error: No such module "convert". wide and Script error: No such module "convert". long. The piers were initially on dry land, since the river had not been rerouted. Tolls on the bridge were discontinued on September 25, 1947.

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The original bridge's demolition in progress

The bridge provided a much-needed direct route across the Missouri River to the Omaha Stockyards for livestock delivery trucks. Before the South Omaha Bridge was built trucks had to cross the Douglas Street Bridge and drive through downtown Omaha to reach the packinghouse district.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NHRP) in 1992. In 1995, it was renamed from the South Omaha Bridge to the Veterans Memorial Bridge. In November 2006 Nebraska placed a 5-ton vehicle limit on the bridge. On June 11, 2008, an additional height restriction requiring vehicles to be under Script error: No such module "convert". was imposed.[1]

On September 8, 2009, at 9 am CDT, the bridge closed so that the new bridge's construction could continue.[2] The original bridge was completely demolished by March 2010 and removed from the NRHP in 2011.

Current bridge

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See also

References

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External links

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