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Union Pacific Bridge
Photograph of construction of Union Pacific Bridge over the Missouri River
Union Pacific Bridge
Construction of Union Pacific Bridge over the Missouri River
Union Pacific Bridge
Construction of Union Pacific bridge over the Missouri River.
Union Pacific Bridge
Photograph of the construction of Union Pacific bridge over the Missouri River.
Union Pacific Bridge
Photograph of Council Bluffs riverfront. Construction of Union Pacific bridge in background.
Union Pacific Bridge
Construction of Union Pacific Bridge
Union Pacific Bridge
Construction of Union Pacific Bridge.
Today...
Today...the bridge has dwindled in use. It is now a single track bridged used exclusively for river crossing of five or six freight trains a day. No pedestrian or auto traffic use the bridge. Only half of the bridge floor is floored with railroad…
Today...
Today...fast trains use the modern steel Union Pacific Railroad Bridge at approximately the same location. The bridge is above the reach of high water and boats pass underneath as they travel both up and down the deeper Missouri River.
Today
Today...the span, now called Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge, has been doubled in width to keep up with increased traffic. The 5, 700 foot-long bridge was sold to the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben by the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Co. in 1938 for $2,350.00. …
Today
Today...while Indian Creek is covered and runs within concrete walls, the bridge at Frank St. is the same as for the past 50 years. The houses and garage at right are the same. Only the trees have changed. The old picture was identified and dated…
This Is Council Bluffs
The Illinois Central draw bridge over the Missouri River is one of the largest of its kind in this country. The Iowa span of the bridge was built in 1893; the Nebraska span later. The Omaha skyline is at the top of this piecture which is looking to…
Terminal Bridge
Child walking across terminal railroad bridge.
Terminal Bridge
Terminal Bridge over Missouri River.
Steel patternwork
Steel patternwork . . .in the main span of Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge will be partially dismantled and partially floated away late this summer. Robert Hoenig, job superintendent for Industrial Construction Division of Allied Structured Steel Co., surveys the…
Start Sept. 10 On Steel Work; Broadway Viaduct Work On Schedule
The Broadway Viaduct..stretches from Eighth to Fifteenth Sts. as contractors prepare to set the structural steel of the two-million dollar project. Except for the structural steel work, the west approach ramp (bottom) is the only major part of the…
Setting the sand
About 8,500 of sand was packed around the six dynamite charges on the bridge as a precaution against destructive concussion. Workmen were hoisted to the top of the west end of the span to complete the packing shortly before the detonation.
Sells Property To State
George Steinberg has announced sale of Steinberg grocery at 1428 West Broadway to the state to make way for the Broadway viaduct. Sale pdice[sic] was $24,500, the figure set by the viaduct appraisal board;.
Scrap span plan junked, coup de grace delayed
Superstructure . . . of the Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge has gained a short reprieve from destruction due to weak members. -- Nonpareil Photo.
Railroad Bridge across the Missouri
Photograph of a train crossing a railroad bridge across the Missouri River.