What is being done to preserve the history of the old bridge?
The North Dakota Department of Transportation Cultural Resources Section along with the State Historical Society of North Dakota have researched the history of the old bridge, collected old photographs and archived them. This information is being integrated into a Traveling Exhibit and school Send Trunk on truss bridges which should be available from the State Historical Society some time in 2007. Detailed documentation on the bridge has been completed (Historic American Engineering Record [HAER]) and is available through the Library of Congress. Microfilm copies of HAER documentation are available at over 110 libraries across the country. The Memorial Bridge is also being interpreted for the public as part of the parks and memorial areas to be completed after construction of the new bridge, in a documentary on historic bridges in North Dakota, and in a book being produced on the historic and memorable bridges of North Dakota.
