Liberty Memorial Bridge, Spanning Missouri River at I-94, Bismarck, Burleigh County, ND

Significance: The Liberty Memorial Bridge is a three-span, Warren-Turner through truss bridge, a variation of the Warren through truss designed by C.A.P. Turner. This was the first highway bridge over the Missouri River constructed in North Dakota. It was also the only Warren-Turner truss bridge to be constructed in North Dakota, or elsewhere. Despite Turner's novel design, this variation of the Warren truss had little impact on American engineering.

Survey number: HAER ND-7

Building/structure dates: 1920-1922 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1991 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 2008 Demolished

Building/structure dates: 1955

Subsequent Work

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