Northwood Bridge
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The Northwood Bridge, also known as Goose River Bridge, is a historic bridge across the Goose River
Goose River (North Dakota)
Goose River is a tributary of the Red River of the North in North Dakota in the United States. Via the Red River, Lake Winnipeg, and the Nelson River, it is part of the watershed of Hudson Bay. The Goose River is crossed by the Northwood Bridge, listed on the National Register of Historic Places....

 about 1.5 miles from Northwood, North Dakota
Northwood, North Dakota
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. Dating from 1906, it is significant as a relatively rare example of a "half-hip" type of Pratt pony truss bridge. It is also significant as the oldest surviving documented bridge in Grand Forks County, North Dakota
Grand Forks County, North Dakota
-National protected areas:*Kellys Slough National Wildlife Refuge*Little Goose National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 66,109 people, 25,435 households, and 15,617 families residing in the county. The population density was 46 people per square mile . There were...

. The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1997.

Another bridge on the same river, the Goose River Bridge
Goose River Bridge (Hillsboro, North Dakota)
The Goose River Bridge was a Pratt through truss bridge over the Goose River near Hillsboro, North Dakota that was built in 1893. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.It was delisted from the National Register on March 25, 2009....

, built in 1893, is described in a 1996 state-wide study of historic bridges as one of the "best examples" of iron and steel truss bridges constructed by the out-of-state bridge contractors, and is also NRHP-listed in North Dakota. The Northwood Bridge was listed a few months later.

The Northwood Bridge is one of ten bridges of the Fargo Bridge & Iron Co.
Fargo Bridge & Iron Co.
Fargo Bridge & Iron Co. was a bridge company based in North Dakota in the early part of the 20th century. It grew out of a partnership between Francis E. Dibley, who had previously been a representative of the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company, and W. H. Robinson, from Mayville...

in North Dakota that are listed on the National Register.
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