<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2bZDxi_14iu6BaL00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2bZDxi_14iu6BaL00" width="1236" height="502" ><p><b>City: </b></p><p>Columbus, NE</p><p><b>Site Type:</b></p><p>Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities</p><p><b>New Deal Agencies:</b></p><p>Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding</p><p><b>Site Survival:</b></p><h2>Description</h2><p>A bridge carrying U.S. Highway 30 over the tail race of Loup Canal was a component of the massive Nebraska’s Loup River Public Power District project. The project was developed during the 1930s with the aid of multiple massive federal Public Works Administration (PWA) fund allocations.</p><p>The bridge was located four miles east of Columbus. Described as “an example of the graceful and eye pleasing design that goes into modern highway bridges” in 1940, the structure was replaced in the early 1980s.</p><h2>Source notes</h2><p>Record Group 135: Public Works Administration; Projects Control Division; Entry 52: Indices to Non-Federal Projects; Report No. 5: Status of All Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, page 147.</p><p>"Loup Energy Works for Benefit of Nebraska," <i>The Columbus Telegram</i>, Sept. 16, 1940 (page 1): https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-columbus-telegram-loup-river-public/180965872/</p><p>"BOARD ACCEPTS BID OF ROBERTS FIRM ON SIX STRUCTURES," <i>The Columbus Telegram</i>, Aug. 24, 1935 (page 6): https://www.newspapers.com/image/428963038/</p><p>"Weather slowing road work," <i>The Grand Island Independent</i>, Aug. 15, 1982 (page 17): https://www.newspapers.com/image/989004321/</p><h2>Location Info</h2><p>Highway 30</p><p>Columbus, NE Platte County</p><p>Coordinates: 41.43852, -97.28231</p><h2>At this Location:</h2><p>View all sites at Loup River Public Power District - NE (16 Sites)</p><h2>Contribute to this Site</h2><p>We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.</p></div></body>

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Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities. Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding. A bridge carrying U.S. Highway 30 over the tail race of Loup Canal was a component of the massive Nebraska’s Loup River Public Power District project. The project was developed during the 1930s with the aid of multiple massive federal Public Works Administration (PWA) fund allocations.

Highway 30 Bridge (replaced) – Columbus NE

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Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities. Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding. A bridge carrying U.S. Highway 30 over 

Highway 30 Bridge (replaced) – Columbus NE

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