Lewellen State Aid Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

“The Lewellen State Aid Bridge, near Lewellen, Nebraska, United States, is a historic Pratt pony truss bridge that was built in 1926. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.”
Wikipedia article Lewellen State Aid Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 6 National Register listings published here for Garden County · listed in 1992 · category: Structure.

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

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
Address. Co. Rd. over the N. Platte R., 1 mi. S of Lewellen, Lewellen, 69147
When was it listed? June 1992
Category. structure
Also known as. Highway Bridges in Nebraska MPS
Precinct. Blue Creek precinct
Architect. Nebraska Department of Roads
National Register reference number. 92000756 - 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.

Fires near this property

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Lewellen State Aid Bridge in 2012, burning about 700 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Natural	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 August 2012	Natural	700 acres	Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge	RATTLESNAKE ASSIST

Every fire recorded in Garden County

Storms near this property

60 of 107 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lewellen, the town this property stands in, in 107 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 70 hail, 29 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
July 2009	Hail	Lewellen	$100,000	The hail and wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph damaged roofs on homes, broke skylights in homes, and damaged vehicles.
June 2003	Tornado (F2)	Lewellen	$100,000	The tornado touched down near the North Platte River and destroyed an old barn and snapped off trees before moving north across Highway 26 and taking down power poles. After moving across the highway, it destroyed three outbuildings, three grain bins, a large machine shed, and a two car detached garage and broke off numerous large trees at a farmstead. It continued to move north-northeast and destroyed three wind mills and three center pivot irrigation systems and threw 1/2 ton hay bales one quarter mile into a corn field.
June 2003	Tornado (F0)	Lewellen	$80,000	A tornado touched down briefly just to the south of railroad tracks near State Highway 92. As the tornado touched down, it destroyed a grain bin at a local farmstead, broke off a power pole near the railroad tracks, and picked up hay bales that were near to the railroad tracks. The tornado and the debris hit the side of a westbound Union Pacific train and caused 22 empty coal cars to derail. Debris from the hay bales and grain bin were carried north-northeast across State Highway 92 and into an open pasture.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	$40,000	Seven tower center pivot irrigation system overturned.
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	$25,000	Several large tree limbs down and hardwood trees trunks were snapped. Power lines were down in the vicinity as well.
August 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	$15,000	The strong thunderstorm outflow winds pushed a grain bin off its foundation. Crop damage also occurred but the extent is unknown.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	$10,000	Thunderstorm winds snapped power poles at this location.
August 2007	Flash Flood	Lewellen	$10,000	A nearly stationary thunderstorm produced heavy rain which washed out some roads. One area of road that was washed out was approximately 100 yards long, 10 feet deep and 15-20 feet wide in places.
July 2001	Hail	Lewellen	$10,000	no account filed
August 2007	Hail	Lewellen	$7,000	no account filed
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	$5,000	Strong winds and hail of an unknown size knocked out windows at a residence.
June 2014	Hail	Lewellen	$5,000	General public reported hail up to ping ball size covered the ground white and lasted for 20 minutes.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	$5,000	General public reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 70 mph with up to quarter size hail covering yard.
August 2007	Hail	Lewellen	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds in excess of 60 mph accompanied the hail.
May 2003	Hail	Lewellen	$5,000	Strong winds combined with the hail and broke windows and produced minor roof damage.
June 2003	Tornado (F0)	Lewellen	$5,000	The tornado touched down in a corn field on the north side of Highway 26. An outbuilding from a farmstead to the south of the touchdown area was shifted off its foundation. Also, the front deck of a home to the northeast received minor damage.
September 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	$4,000	Co-op observer reported power poles blown over.
August 2002	Hail	Lewellen	$3,000	no account filed
August 1999	Hail	Lewellen	$2,000	no account filed
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	$1,000	A few cedar trees twisted with trunks broken and numerous limbs down.
April 2007	Hail	Lewellen	$1,000	no account filed
May 2004	Hail	Lewellen	$1,000	no account filed
June 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH at this location.
September 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	Winds associated with a heat burst.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	A trained weather spotter estimated 60 mph winds near Lewellen.
May 2020	Hail	Lewellen	-	Ground covered by hail up to the size of quarters.
July 2020	Hail	Lewellen	-	A trained weather spotter reported golf ball size hail southeast of Lewellen.
August 2018	Hail	Lewellen	-	Damage to buildings was reported.
August 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	Estimated 60 mph wind gusts blew a tree down and an anchored trampoline a quarter mile away, and corn was sheared at the ground.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	No significant damage reported from this wind gust.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 75 mph with 6 to 8 inch tree branches snapped off healthy trees.
June 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 mph which broke off 3 to 4 inch diameter tree branches from healthy trees.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 80 MPH.
August 2015	Hail	Lewellen	-	Wind gusts to 60 mph were also reported.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH.
August 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 MPH were reported.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	General public reported thunderstorm wind gusts to 70 mph.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	Wind gust around 70 mph was reported 12 miles north of Big Springs.
July 2013	Hail	Lewellen	-	Leaves stripped off of corn crops northeast of Lewellen.
July 2013	Hail	Lewellen	-	Hail stripped a couple of fields of corn west northwest of Lewellen.
July 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	The public reported very strong winds.
April 2005	Hail	Lewellen	-	Hail covered the ground.
June 2001	Tornado (F0)	Lewellen	-	F0 tornado briefly touched down in open rangeland.
August 1999	Tornado (F0)	Lewellen	-	Spotters reported two tornadoes touched down breifly in a rural area.
August 1999	Tornado (F0)	Lewellen	-	A spotter reported a tornado that touched down briefly in a rural area.
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	no account filed
May 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Lewellen	-	no account filed
June 2023	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
June 2020	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
August 2019	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
May 2018	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed
August 2018	Hail	Lewellen	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Garden 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

1 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
	Ash Hollow Historic District	3.1 miles	1975

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 92000756 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Garden County	All 6 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.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
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.