Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — Bridge Has Trestle in Center. [ARTICLE]

Bridge Has Trestle in Center.

A bridge has recently been completed by the Burlington railroad across the Platte Yutan, Neb., which has girders at either end, while the center is trestlework. This unusual form of bridge construction is described in the Popular Mechanics Magazine. At Yutan the stream often overflows, becoming over half a mile wide, and in winter destructive ice jams have formed on it. With a view to providing a bridge strong enough to resist the ice and yet not excessive <4n cost, the width of the Platte was decreased at this point from 2,000 feet to about 1,380 feet by building an embankment on one side. This intensified the two currents that flowed near the two banks and automatically deepened their channels, so that the ice was more easily carried off in spring. The two current beds were spanned by girders placed on piers, set 75 feet apart, while between these there was built a trestle 700 feet long.— -—L ~