Northwood Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

From the record

“The Northwood Bridge, also known as Goose River Bridge, was a historic 56-foot-long (17 m) bridge across the Goose River about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from Northwood, North Dakota. Dating from 1906, it was significant as a relatively rare example of a half-hip type of Pratt pony truss bridge.”
Wikipedia article Northwood Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 79 National Register listings published here for Grand Forks County · listed in 1997 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Listing status. The Park Service records this property as Removed.
What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. Across the Goose R., unnamed Cty. Rd., 1.5 mi. SW of Northwood, Northwood, 58267
When was it listed? February 1997
Category. structure
Also known as. Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota MPS
Township. Northwood township
Architect. Fargo Bridge & Iron Co.
National Register reference number. 97000175 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Northwood Bridge: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Hegge Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Hegge Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Grand Forks County

Storms near this property

53 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northwood, the town this property stands in, in 53 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 27 hail, 18 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 2 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death and 18 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
August 2007	Tornado (EF4)	Northwood	1 killed, 18 hurt, $50,000,000	The tornado touched down about 2 miles west-southwest of Northwood. The tornado crossed the Goose River about a mile west-southwest of the Northwood airport and left a 200 yard wide stretch of downed trees in its wake. By the time it hit the airport, the ground track was one-third of a mile wide and growing wider. At this point the tornado was still visible outside the increasingly heavy rain. \|\|The tornado reached an incredible width of eight-tenths of a mile as it pushed through Northwood to the east-northeast. At this point it had multiple vortices embedded in the overall wedge shaped tornado. The strongest of these vortices appears to have scoured the ground and left broad circulation patterns of debris in the overall damage and debris field. Around this time the tornado likely became wrapped in heavy rain and would have been difficult to observe from a distance. The most extreme damage appeared to be in the northeast corner of the community.\|\|Northwood, in southwest Grand Forks County, had a population of about 1000 people. 90 percent of the roughly 460 homes were damaged. One death occurred in a mobile home, with 18 other injuries reported. The death occurred in a trailer park on the north edge of town, where 19 total units were demolished.\|\|Just to the east of the trailer park, in the area that sustained the extreme damage, three businesses were hit particularly hard. An agricultural company, the towns largest employer, had its buildings heavily damaged. A nearby construction company lost two large steel buildings and other equipment. Steel beams from the two steel buildings were twisted and tossed nearby. Finally, a car dealership lost 15 to 20 vehicles from its parking lot along highway 15. Many of these vehicles were damaged beyond recognition and tossed into nearby fields. One corn field to the north of highway 15 (across from the 3 businesses on the northeast side of town) had it stalks snapped off several inches from the root bases, with pieces of husked corn laying around.\|\|Hangers and airplanes were also damaged at the airport. The local health center, school, supermarket, and grain elevator were damaged. Near the elevator, several rail cars were knocked off the tracks. Hundreds of trees were snapped, uprooted, or damaged. Power was also knocked out to many customers, but eventually was turned off (for safety reasons) to the entire town. A total of about 2600 truckloads of debris were hauled to the town landfill. In the days following the tornado, a Presidential Disaster Declaration was granted.
June 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	$50,000	Strong winds uprooted several trees, destroyed a camper, and blew over a 45 foot truck trailer.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	$15,000	Half the roof of a quonset was torn off along with its doors. Shingles were torn off the home and trees were blown down.
June 1996	Hail	Northwood	$10,000	no account filed
July 2003	Lightning	Northwood	$5,000	Lightning struck a telephone pole and knocked the transformer to the ground. Cable and telephone service were knocked out in town.
August 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	$3,000	50 trees were blown down.
August 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	$3,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	Observed tree branches down.
August 2025	Tornado (EF0)	Northwood	-	The track of this tornado is seen on high resolution satellite imagery, with mainly crop damage as it tracked northeast and eventually caused large tree branches to be snapped in a shelterbelt before lifting. TDS observed on radar.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	Several trees were blown down around Northwood and Northwood Township. Report and photos were posted via social media, with time estimated via radar.
July 2022	Tornado (EF1)	Northwood	-	The tornado tossed sections of irrigation pipes which were stacked near Highway 18, tore an empty steel grain bin from its foundation, and scattered pieces of the bin over a half mile.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	Peak wind was measured at an NDAWN station at the 3 meter height.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	The wind gust was measured by a NDAWN mesonet sensor.
June 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	A small tree was snapped.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	A bowing section of a squall line cut across east central Avon Township. Numerous large trees were snapped along its path.
July 2017	Hail	Northwood	-	The hail was accompanied by heavy rain.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	Strong winds moved through Northwood.
July 2016	Hail	Northwood	-	Widespread foliage damage was reported.
July 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	Trees were blown down in Northwood.
June 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	The wind knocked down several large four to six inch diameter tree branches.
August 2007	Funnel Cloud	Northwood	-	The funnel was observed 4 miles north of Hatton on highway 18.
October 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	Several large tree limbs were snapped off and blown across a county road. Ripe crops were flattened nearby. The strong winds blew for about 4 to 5 minutes.
October 2007	Hail	Northwood	-	Penny to quarter sized hail fell, along with heavy rains and winds to 50 mph.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	Strong wind gusts blew a tree onto a house. Many branches were also knocked down throughout town and tin was blown from roofs.
June 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	Numerous trees were blown down.
May 2004	Tornado (F0)	Northwood	-	The tornado was near the Grand Forks-Nelson county line.
May 2004	Tornado (F0)	Northwood	-	A brief touchdown was reported.
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	Trees fell on power lines.
July 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Northwood	-	Three trees were blown down and one window was broken by the strong wind.
July 2016	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
July 2016	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
July 2015	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
June 2015	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
July 2013	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
August 2007	Funnel Cloud	Northwood	-	no account filed
September 2005	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
June 2004	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
July 2004	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
July 2003	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
June 2002	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
June 2001	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
May 2000	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
August 2000	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
June 1997	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed
June 1996	Hail	Northwood	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grand Forks County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Martin V. Linwell House	2.1 miles	1980
	Carlott Funseth Round Barn	4.3 miles	1986

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 97000175 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Grand Forks County	All 79 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.