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|caption= Mormon Bridge in August 2022 as seen from North Omaha, Nebraska going into Iowa. 
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|also_known_as= Missouri River I-680 Bridge
|carries= 4 lanes of {{jct|country=USA|I|680|dab1=Iowa–Nebraska}}
|crosses= [[Missouri River]]
|locale= [[Pottawattamie County, Iowa]] and [[Florence, Nebraska]]
|maint= [[Nebraska Department of Transportation]]
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|design= Twin [[Cantilever bridge|Cantilever]] [[Through truss bridge]]
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The '''Mormon Bridge''' is a bridge composed of two [[cantilever bridges|cantilevers]] that crosses the [[Missouri River]] connecting [[Pottawattamie County, Iowa]] with the [[Florence, Nebraska|Florence]] neighborhood of [[Omaha, Nebraska]] via [[Interstate 680 (Iowa-Nebraska)]].  The bridge is officially called the '''Mormon Pioneer Memorial Bridge''' due to its location on the historic [[Mormon Trail]], which passed nearby.<ref>{{cite web |title=Omaha’s Bridges Across the Missouri |url=https://douglascohistory.org/omahas-bridges-across-the-missouri/ |website=Douglas County Historical Society |access-date=October 26, 2024}}</ref>

==History==
The earliest consistent crossing of the Missouri River at the current bridge's location dates back to 1846, when the Mormons operated a ferry at this location as a component of the Mormon Trail.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Mormon Pioneer Memorial Bridge, Omaha, NE|url=https://www.johnweeks.com/river_missouri/pages/omaha08.html|website=www.johnweeks.com|access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref>  Ferries continued to be operated sporadically at this location over the course of the next decade,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=A History of the Mormon Bridge in North Omaha|url=https://northomahahistory.com/2020/01/30/a-history-of-the-mormon-bridge-in-north-omaha/|date=2020-01-30|website=North Omaha History|language=en|access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref> however, the section of the Missouri was considered ideal for a bridge due to the riverbed being rock.<ref name=":0" />  According to the program from the opening ceremonies, the first attempt to bridge the Missouri was made in 1856.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Dedication of Mormon Pioneer Memorial Bridge|url=http://historicomaha.com/mrmnbrdg.htm|website=historicomaha.com|access-date=2020-05-31}}</ref>  This attempt, by the Florence Bridge Company,<ref name=":1" /> obtained Congressional approval, but was not completed due to funding constraints.  In 1872, the site was considered by Union Pacific prior to their construction of the [[Union Pacific Missouri River Bridge]] and in 1885, construction actually began on a [[Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway|Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway]] bridge before being abandoned.<ref name=":1" />

Attempts to build a bridge were also made in 1922 and 1936, however, it was not until the 1950s that a bridge was finally completed.  Previous attempts had required a specific franchise from the United States Congress to cross a [[navigable waterway]].  In 1946, Congress passed the [[General Bridge Act|General Bridges Act]], which allowed for "construction, maintenance, and operation of bridges and approaches thereto over the navigable waters of the United States" by public bodies<ref name=":2" /> and repealed provisions of the [[Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899]].  This allowed the State of Nebraska to pass legislation creating the North Omaha Bridge Commission and put the wheels in motion for the successful establishment of a permanent river crossing.

The first bridge was dedicated on June 1, 1953, following a groundbreaking in May 1951.<ref name=":2" />  It connected [[Nebraska Highway 36]] with unsigned [[Iowa Highway 988]].  It was originally a [[toll bridge]] operated by the North Omaha Bridge Commission in order to pay off the $3.45 million<ref name=":2" /> in [[Bond (finance)|bonds]] issued to finance construction. [[Spencer W. Kimball]], President of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (LDS Church), was the last to pay the toll on April 21, 1979, when the second bridge to the north of the original bridge was added, and it became part of the [[Interstate Highway System]].

In 2018, the original bridge underwent an $11 million refurbishment that involved lead paint remediation, repairs to the bridge deck, and a new asphalt driving surface.<ref name=":1" />

==See also==
* [[List of crossings of the Missouri River]]
* [[History of North Omaha, Nebraska]]
* [[Timeline of North Omaha, Nebraska history]]
* [[List of Omaha landmarks]]

== References ==
<references />

* {{Portal-inline|Transport}}
* {{Portal-inline|Engineering}}
* {{Portal-inline|Iowa}}

==External links==
{{sister project auto}}
* [https://northomahahistory.com/2020/01/30/a-history-of-the-mormon-bridge-in-north-omaha/ "A History of the Mormon Bridge in North Omaha"] by Adam Fletcher Sasse for NorthOmahaHistory.com
* [http://steveadamsomaha.tripod.com/Jim_Burnett_Aphotos/MormonBridge.htm Aerial photo]
* [http://netdb.unl.edu/westside/detail.cfm?id=5421 UNL page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050913002336/http://netdb.unl.edu/westside/detail.cfm?id=5421 |date=2005-09-13 }}
* [http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-680_neia.html Interstate Guide]
* [http://www.historicomaha.com/mrmnbrdg.htm Historical Omaha]

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|downstream      = [[Illinois Central Missouri River Bridge|IC Bridge]]
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[[Category:North Omaha, Nebraska]]
[[Category:Truss bridges in the United States]]
[[Category:Bridges in Omaha, Nebraska]]
[[Category:Road bridges in Nebraska]]
[[Category:Bridges in Pottawattamie County, Iowa]]
[[Category:Landmarks in North Omaha, Nebraska]]
[[Category:Bridges over the Missouri River]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1952]]
[[Category:Bridges completed in 1979]]
[[Category:Bridges on the Interstate Highway System]]
[[Category:Latter Day Saint movement in Iowa]]
[[Category:Latter Day Saint movement in Nebraska]]
[[Category:Road bridges in Iowa]]
[[Category:Former toll bridges in Iowa]]
[[Category:Former toll bridges in Nebraska]]
[[Category:Interstate 80]]
[[Category:Cantilever bridges in the United States]]
[[Category:Interstate vehicle bridges in the United States]]

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