Ost Valle Bridge
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The Ost Valle Bridge is a bridge near Thompson, North Dakota
Thompson, North Dakota
-Education:The city is served by . The school offers grades K-12.-High school championships:* State Class 'B' volleyball: 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005* State Class 'B' baseball: 1983, 1985, 1999, 2005* State Class 'B' jazz: 2010...

 that 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. It crosses an unnamed tributary of the Red River
Red River of the North
The Red River is a North American river. Originating at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers in the United States, it flows northward through the Red River Valley and forms the border between the U.S. states of Minnesota and North Dakota before continuing into Manitoba, Canada...

, about one mile west of the Red River itself. It is "one of the two oldest documented bridges in Grand Forks County that were built by longterm county bridge builder, the Jardine & Anderson".

It was probably built in 1910, based on examining county records.

It includes Pratt through truss design/architecture.

The property was covered in a study of Historic Roadway Bridges of North Dakota.

The listing was for an area of less than one acre with just one contributing structure.

The property is also denoted as 32GF292
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