- City:
- Brownville, MO, NE
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1939
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Brownville Bridge, which carries U.S. 136 over the Missouri River between Nebraska and Missouri, was constructed as a Public Works Administration (P.W.A.) project. Constructed in 1938-1939, the now-free bridge originally featured tolls.
Source notes
https://www.dailyyonder.com/letter-langdon-bridge-fix-last/2009/04/28/2089/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownville_Bridge
Bridge plaque
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 8, 2017.
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