Muddy River Bridge, Spanning Muddy River northeast of I-15 & State Route 168, Glendale, Clark County, NV
Summary
Significance: The Muddy River Bridge is the best example of a thru "pony" truss bridge in Nevada. It is one of six truss bridges (three of which are pony trusses) still on the NDOT inventory. This construction type has been very rare in Nevada. The bridge was a vital crossing point along Old US 91, the main transportation route from Southern Nevada to Utah.
Survey number: HAER NV-7
Building/structure dates: 1932- 1933 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1987 Demolished
Tags
Date
1933 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
James J Burke & Company
Egan, George
Durkee, S C
Virginia Bridge & Iron Company
Carnegie Steel Works
Squires, H A
Davis, Bob, photographer
Knight, Kenneth C, historian
Leavitt, Robert M, photographer
Location
clark county, 36.66407, -114.56350
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html