Viking Bridge

Coordinates: 47°31′2″N 97°23′21″W / 47.51722°N 97.38917°W / 47.51722; -97.38917
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Viking Bridge
Viking Bridge is located in North Dakota
Viking Bridge
Viking Bridge is located in the United States
Viking Bridge
Nearest cityPortland, North Dakota
Coordinates47°31′2″N 97°23′21″W / 47.51722°N 97.38917°W / 47.51722; -97.38917
Arealess than one acre
Built1885
ArchitectC.P. Jones
Architectural stylePratt through truss
MPSHistoric Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS
NRHP reference No.97000190[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 1997

The Viking Bridge, also known as Goose River Bridge, near Portland, North Dakota, was built in 1885 over the Goose River. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

The bridge is the oldest documented bridge in the state. It is also historically significant "for its association with C.P. Jones, a nineteenth-century bridge fabricator important for introducing iron and steel bridge technologies to North Dakota."[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Mark Hufstetler (December 10, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Viking Bridge / Goose River Bridge; 32TR700". and accompanying photos