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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22~ 1976 ,.,
11:00 A.M.
PRDGRAWI MASTER of CEREMONIES
WALTER L. MoRRIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR-OPERATION HIGHWAY DIVI SION IoWA DEPAfi TMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
INVOCATION REVEREND DR. T. J. C. ScHULDT PASTOR1 FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH SouTH Sioux CITY1 NEBRASKA
WELCOME TH E HONORABLE CHARLES E. STRONG MAYOR--DAKOTA CITYJ NEBRASKA CHAIRMAN--SIMPCO
INTRODUCTIONS TH E HoNoRABLE G. WILLIAM GRoss MA YoR--Sioux CITY1 IowA
THE HoN ORABLE KEITH FERRIS MAYOR- -SOUTH SIOUX CITYJ NEBRASKA
REMARKS THE HoNORABLE RoBERT D. RAY GovERNOR--STATE OF IowA
ROBERT RI GLER CHAIRMAN IOWA DEPT, OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
THE HoNO RAB LE J. JAMES ExoN GovERNOR--STATE OF NEBRASKA
MERLE KINGSBURY MEMBER1 NEBRASKA HIGHWAY COMMISSION
DEDICATION CEREMONY JOHN B. KEMP REGIONAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADM-INISTRATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
PARTICIPANTS GovERNOR RoBERT D. RAY1 IowA GovERNOR J. JAMES ExoNJ NEBRASKA ERNEST L. ALBERTSEN} SOUTH SIOUX CITYJ i~EBRASKA MAYOR KEITH FERRIS1 SOUTH SIOUX CITY1 NEBRASKA MAYOR G. WILLIAM GRoss~ Sioux CITY1 IowA MAYOR RAY MANNI SERGEANT BLUFF1 IowA COMMISSIONER GEORGE SHRADER1 DAKOTA COUNTY1 NEBRASKA MAYOR CHARLES E. STRONG} DAKOTA CITYJ NEBRASKA SuPERVISOR JERRY O'SuLLIVAN~ WooDBURY CouNTY1 IowA
ASSISTING WIL~IAM w. AMUNDSON RALPH F. BEERMAN N PAUL A. BERGER RoBERT BLESSING CoRNELius BoDINE~ JR. JULES M. BUSKER JOHN E. CURFMAN LEONARD W. DIERKING EARLE N. GRUESKIN
BENEDICTION REVEREND DR. CHARLES E. MASON UNITED METHODIST MINISTER--RETIRED Sioux CITY1 IowA
JosEPH L. HoLDEFER MERLE KINGSBURY DoNALD K. McKINNEY DoNALD M. MEISNER DONALD J I MULLIN RoNALD D. RAPP JAMES E. REEDE R KENNETH J . RoDEEN ALBERT E. STRE ETE R
SERGEANT FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIDGE (INTERSTATE 129)
SERGEANT FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIJJGE <INTERSTATE
THE BUI LDING OF THE SERGEANT FLOYD MEI10RIAL BRIDGE WAS A R SULT OF MUCH HARD WORK
BY LOCAL OFFICIALS AND cITIZENS' THE EFFORT WAS SPEARHEADED B I~RNEST L. ALBERTSEN,
THEN MAYOR OF SoUTH SIOUX CITY, HE, WI TH JAMES E. REEDER, THE I)AYOR OF SIOUX CITY,
AND CORUELIUS BODINE, JR., FORMER CITY MANAGER OF S IOUX CITY, f dANIZED THE FI RST
MEETINGS IN 19o4 CONCERNING THE UEED FOR A BRIDGE, SOUTH S10yx dnY AND SIOUX CITY
JOINED WITH WOODBURY COU1HY, NORTH SIOUX CITY, UNION COUNTY, dA qTA COUNTY, SERGEANT
BLUFF AND DAKOTA CITY TO ORM AN ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE S1 1uLi ND iNTERSTATE
METROPOLITAN PLANN I NG COUNCIL (Sii1PC0),
PLANNING ACTIVITIES INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION , ERNEST L, ALBERTSEN WAS ELEC ~AS
SIMPCO's FIRST CHAIRMAN ON MARCH 11, 1965 . DAKOTA CI TY WAS REPRESENTED BY CHA~ £.
STRONG, SERGEANT BLUFF BY LLOYD H. FYMBO (DECEASED); WoODBURY COUNTY BY JAMES E.
ANllERSOo<; 1iORTrl SIO~X CITY llY ALBERT l:: . STREETER; DAKOTA COUNTY BY ROBERT BLESSING;
AND UN!Oi< COUNTY BY ELMER QuAM , THE S IOUX CITY PLANNING COM~11 SS ION WAS REPRESENTED
THE FIRST REAL PROGRESS WAS MADE AT A MEETIN G OF MAYOR ALBERTSEN WITH SENATOR
JEN~I~GS RANUOLPrl , CHA IRMAN OF Trl~ SENATE COMM I TTEE OF PUB LIC WORKS ON FEBRUARY 21,
1967, MILEAGE FOR Trl!S IMPORTANT BRIDGE WAS ADDED TO THE iNTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEI-1
IN LATE 1968 AND ANNOUNCED IN SIOUX CITY ON THE EVEN ING OF DECEMBER 13, 1968,
THE EFFORT TO GAIN THE BRIDGE WAS ENHANCED BY THE EFFORTS OF ROBERT BARRY
(DECEASED), iOWA STATE HI GHWAY CoMMISSIONER AND 11ERLE KINGSBURY, NEBRASKA HI GHWAY
COMMISSIOoiER,
THE EFFORT WAS ALSO AIDED BY THE ASSISTANCE OF FORMER NEBRASKA FIRST DISTRICT
CoNGRESSMEN ROBERT J) , DENNEY AND RALPH F, llEERMANN; UNITED STATES SENATORS JACK
MI LLER, IOWA AND CARL CURTIS , NEBRASKA; SIXTH DISTRICT CONGRESSI1EN STANLEY GREIGG AND
WILEY MAY.NE , GOVER1<D RS NoRB ERT T. TIEMANN , NEBRASKA, rlAROLD E. H~GHES, IowA, AS WELL
As cuRRE NJ_jjoVERNORs--lloBEBL-ll ,_ Y, I ow A AND J , JAMEs ExoN,. NEBRA'SKA ,
------~-BY JAMES S, lEPSE (DECEASED) AND LEONARD W, 0! ERKING, THE SOUTH SIOUX C! TY PLANNING THE RGEANT FLOYIJ 11EMORIAL ilRIDG ( 1-12~. 1-5 A CONTINUoUS , COMPOSITE, WELDED
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CoMMISSION BY MARVIN ii. HARRIS , SERGEANT BLUFF PLANNING COMMISSION BY CHARLES IJOOLERY, STEEL GIRDER TRUCTURE I n A COI<CRETE FLOOR, REi oi FORCED cO;iCRETE SUBSTR~TURE WITH
lJA KO TA CITY PLANNING & LON I NG COM111SSION B-v---:iJEN~Lo-cP~f-~IJ:~~~(DECEASED) , AND MAiil PIE~S SuPPORT~JJ Oil STEEL PILES DRIVEN TO BEllROCK , TrlE MAIN SPAll IS 450 FEET
THE WOOllt~URY COUNTY LOIHNG CoMMISSION BY ROBERT IIERBOLO <t • • \}'\...._ - ~ LOI<G, PHOVIIJI~G A dORIZO~TAL NAVIGATIONAL OPENING OF 4JQ FEET CLEAR, TiiE BRIDGE
NAllY TRIPS WERE MADE TO \iASHINGTOH BY MR . ALBER sfi ND OTrlERS , TECiiNI ·-, STU 1· S ,;.. ·-~ROV.JDU..A.IIO UJ;,.5L~ET OF VERTICAL OPENI NG AT ORDINARY FLOW DURING TrlE NAVIGATION l.j "v v~ '- ' '·
· , SEASON, THE BRI DGE AND HIGHWAY CONNECTIONS WJLL SERVE AS A U, S, HIGHWAY 20 BY-PASS
' FROMEAST oF-Si"'UX'Cn v:C-'io WEST- or"Scmrrr..Steux CI TY-, THE STRUCT~RE WI LL SERVE _, AF~~~ - Ntr"FRelM THE GROWII<G AREAS OF MORI~JNGSIDE, BRIDGEPORT, AI RPOR T,
,- ~EAL~-S ' uFF, ~ ff -'S!OU*c-_I~KOTA CITY AI<D CRYSTAL lAKE,
THE EFFO~ N~~E -I!Rt'DG'E AS LED BY TI'!F LEWis- AND. CLARK ~ IS TORICAL AsSOCIATIOii,
KANSAS CITY, MissouRI. DoNALD M. 11EISNER WAS ~•~<: 1 e: ~ . '"""'"'
AND rlERBERT A, SPOuo~ER~E TED HEI~IHNI>So&_ rlE I NEMA N RoPRESENTED_ i:lOWARO..-_!lEEDLES, :f.~MEN ANll BE
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v. "STRODE" rliNDS, PRESI-DENT. -
INDUSTRY and TRIJrCKING RCPRCSCNTATIVCS
BusES f URNISHED fl y :
S IOUX CITY TRANS IT SYSTEM
TRUCKS FURNISHED BY:
- HIRSCHBACH MOTOR LI NES, INC,
- HOERNER-WALDOR F CORP,
- IOWA BE EF PROCESSORS , INc ,
- METZ BAK I NG CoMPANY
- YELLOW FRIEGHT SYSTEM INC •.
Sioux CITY ~loToR EXPREss, I Nc .
- S I OUX TRANS PORTATI ON COM PANY
- WESTHO FF, INc .
WILSON TRAILER CoMPANY
- CARGO CON TRACT CARRI ER CORP,
1- 129- FLOYD MCMl'IRIAL BRIDGC CONTRACTING
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FROM EXISTING HIGHWAY 77 TO WEST ABUTMENT OF FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIDGE
1, LENGTH - 1.7 MILES 2, CON TRACTORS, TYPE OF WORK AND COSTS:
A, VAN BUSKIRK Coi~STRUCTION CoMPANY (Sioux Cn Y, m~A)
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c.
D,
E •
CE;NTURY FENCE COMPANY (\iAUKESHA, \j I SCONS IN)
W~STERN CONTR~CTI~G CORP , (S i oux Cnv, . lowAJ
HILL's SAND & GRAVEL (POLK, NEBRASKA)
HQBE ENGINEER j i~G CORP , (SIOUX CITY, OWA)
FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIDGE
1, CoNTRACTORS, TYPE OF WORK AND COSTS:
GRADING, CONCRE TE PAVING , CULVERTS AND DE TOUR
FENCE
PAVING
SE EDING MD GUARDRAI L
BRIDGES
TOTAL
A, JENSEN CONSTRUCT I ON COMPANY (VES MoiNES, IOWA) - SUBS TRUC TURE
B,
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P(l TTSBURGH-DES MOINES STIE~ L Co, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVAN I ,O SUPERS TR UCTURE
f(QX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY MUSCATINE, OWA) FLOOR OVERLAY
COIISTRUCTION ENG I NEER I NG
TOTAL
$ 3, 078,343
64,403
$ 1, 321, 811
61, 448
786 .890
$ 5, 312,895
$15,738, 848 $ 1. 188. 775
$16, 92 7' 623
FOR YOOR EFFORTS
ON
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NCIWS MCDIA PARTICIPATING
S IOUX CITY JOURNA L
SO UTH S I OUX CITY STAIR
FARM TO MARKET TRUCK ER NEWS
OHAHA WoRLD HERALD
Des MoiNES REGISTER
KCAU TELE VISION
KMEG TELEVIS ION
KTI V TELEVISI ON
I-129 - I-2Y & U, S, 75 INTERCHANGE
1. CONTRACTORS , TYPE. OF WORK AND COSTS:
A. VAN BusKIRK C:oN~TRUCTjON C0~1PANY (SIOLIX CI TY, OWA)
B, FQLEY BROTH~R.S (ST, PAUL, fli NNESOTA)
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D.
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F ,
G,
H,
I,
J ,
K.
L,
M,
OSTER & PEDER:SON (MINNEAPOLIS, i1I NNESOTA)
HQBE EN(iii~EERII~G CORP, (SIOUX CITY, OWA)
CHRISTENSON B-ROJtlERS (CH EROKEE, IOWA)
JENS EN CoNSTRUCT ION Co . (VES MOINES, IOWA)
IIATERLoo Co~STRVCTION (WATERLOO, I 0~/A)
IRVING F . JENSEN (Sioux CITY, IowA)
Co.
PROGRESSJVE COIHRt-CTORS, (OSSEO, J·li,~i~ESOTA)
D6CK ! NSON INC ' ( SKALOOSA, IOWA)
1/ATI ONA~ ADVERTJSING Co . ARGO, I LLINO I S
RIG HT OF liAY
ENG I NE ERING
I NC ,
GRADING
STRUCTURES
STRUCTURES
STRUC TURES
STRUC TURES
STRUCTURES
STRUC TU RES
PAV I NG
PAVIN G
LIGHTI NG
S I GN I NG
N, To BE LET - EROS I ON CON TRO L (EST , )
TOTAL FOR I IITERCHANGE
GRAim TOTAL
(FROM EXISTING HIGHWAY 77 TO I - 129 - l-29 & U, S, 75 INTERCHANGE)
KMNS RAD IO
t\SCJ RADI 0
KWSL RAD IO
$ 2,639, 566
$ 4, 180, 14b
$ 3 , 867,719
350,804
194,351
$ 2, 201,417
949, 96Y
$ 36 . 000
$14, 419, 972
$36 . 660 . 490
SERGEANT FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIDGE
Ernest L. Albertsen
James E. Anderson
Jan Albertson
W. Burnett Austin
Leonard Andersen
William Amundson
Paul Beck (deceased)
Allen Beermann
Robert Barry (deceas ed)
~alph Beermann
Paul A. Berger
Robert Blessing
Roy Bartels
Jules Busker
Mrs. Kay Beacom (deceased)
Cornelius Bodine. Jr.
Wayne Boyd
Berkley Bedell
Dan Cahill . Jr .
Robert E. Carlson
John E. Curfman
Carl Curtis
Joseph Coupal. Jr.
Louis P. Culver
Leonard W. Dierking
Robert Oodsley
Donald Doyle
Leonard Dai ley
Thomas Doyle
J . James Exo~
Lloyd H. FYJIIbo (deceased)
SIOUXLAND THANKS YOU
Don Fi tch
Charles W. Garthri ght
Earle N. Grueskin
Wilfred L. Gerking
Stanley Greigg
Robert Gunsolley
Bruce Gi Uan
Howard Gwmers on
Ray Goods on
Julie Goodson
Arlo 0 . Herbo ld
Paul Heineman
Joseph Holdefer
Merle Haynes
ShiT l ey Hughes
Marvin N. Harris
Lance Hedquis t
Ward Henders on
Harold E. Hughes
Wendell P. Heffelfinger (deceas ed)
W. Robert Herbold
W. H. Hi ndman
Roman L. Hrus ka
John Ire lan
Irv i n D. Joy
Harry Junek
Peter Jorgensen
Wi llis Junker
Gary Joh.:lnsen
Melvin Keyser
Kevin Kelly
Oerald Kohl es
L. V. Kuhl
Robert Kuze l ka
James S. Leps c (dec•eased)
John Laros '
Ted Lars on
Norris Leamer
Thomas Massey
Don J . Mullin
John R. Murphy
Thomas McCarthy
William R. Macfarlrune
Samuel McMaster
Donald M. Meisner
Carl Noer r (deceased)
Harry Nel son
S. H. Nelson
Leroy Pfister
R. James Pearson
Elmer Quam
Ronald Rapp
James E. Reeder . Jr .
Ray Rodeen
George P. Rapp
Michael Randolph
Robert Rogers
Rus sell Rich
Kenneth Rodeen
George Rowe
Daniel Rohde
James Reid
Robert D. Ray
Phil Sherman (deceasoed)
Albert Streeter
Charles E. Strong
Emers on Sc.hi ll
Reuel Swenson
John Shannahan
George Saunders
Donald Shooi ng
Don Schaller
Dan Shasteen
Harold Smock
Herbert A. Spooner
Rodney Smi th
Henry Trys la
Julian Torgerson
Willi:1m F. Turner
Albert E. Thacker
Ernie 1\trek
Charles Thone
Norbert T. Tiemann
Tom L. Weekes
Charles Wool ery
Marie White
Robert Williams
Howard Weiner
Walt er Webb
Don Woodford
Ralph Wi ! cox
J8llleS Yanney
George Young
George Wimmer
Gerald E. Zeller
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GROUWDBRCAKING CC~r:lCMONY
M~fJNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1976 11:45 A.M.
PROGRAM WIASTER of CEREMONIES
RoNALD D. RAPP SouTH Sioux CITY PLANNING & ZoNING CoM~ISSION SIMPCO BOARD MEMBER '
PRELUDE S 1 oux C 1 TV \~EST H 1 GH ScHOOL WoLVERINE PEP BAND WILLIAM DYKSHORN ... DIRECTOR
INVOCATION RABBI ALBERT A. GORDON MOUNT SINAI TEMPLE Sioux CITY.., IowA
REMARKS THE HoNORABLE G. WILLIAM GRoss MAvoR--Sioux CITY.., IowA
THE HoNORABLE KEITH FERRIS MAYOR--Soun-1 Sioux CITY.., NEBRASKA
FAREWELL. TO CO.BINAT~FON BRIDGE
DR. CAR~ROL MclAuGHLIN PROFESSOR~-MoRNINGSIDE COLLEGE Sioux CITY.., IowA
GROUNDBii~EAKING CEREMONY MAYORS GOVERNORS CoNGRESSMEN CITIZENS •
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BENEDICTJrQN REV I JAMES E. FITZGERALD PASTOR--ST MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH SouTH Sioux CITY.., NEBRASKA
FAREWELL to the COIIIIBINATIDN BRIDGE
Sa l uting the vision and achievement of those whose thoughts and words once built
t his C011bination Bridge, an-d ce lebrating in completion of one ne\11 bridge and prepar.atlon
fo r anot her, l et us r ecognize that t he Siouxla nd Int erstate Met ropolita n Plann ing
Council provides coherence and recognition that poetry - -which .st.ill 11ean.s "ma ki ng"
and "shaping" and "fondng"--ouaht to be a part of our experience here and now.
The progra• for the day indicates t he eloquence of the C011bination Bridge's
designer, John Aleunder Low Wardell--and it seems fitting that a mn whose ideas
and expr essions cou l d wor k on the Tr ans-siberian Rai l way and SiouJt land's venerable
bridge would be a ma n of rtemorable wordi ngs . Of course we can realhe that he, like
111ost visionaries who get t hings done, may have ex t ended his rhetor ic while praising
his co-worke r s. His judg!Jient that they WTought well we c.a n attest again; and al l
th e changes t his impressive old bridge has expeTienc.ed only enhance our sense o f its
re1113rkab l e qualities . It has not ooly been t he path of countless walkers, the route
of •igh t y trains, the way for street cars and busses and motor vehicles to link our
t owns , a.nd the host for horses and carriages inhabi t ing our nostalgia--it has opened ,
however r eluctantly , for traffic on its own reason for being, the Missouri--and been
a provi ng point for the ancient adage which tells us all we need to know of history :
Yru can never step into the same river twice. For in these eight decades and more,
that cha nging bridge has stood amidst the constant change of our river, and the dead
who buil t it, and the thousands who have crossed it and no longer live, share in our
cereaonies now--just as all of us, having left our lifeti•es behind us as this next
bridge is be~Oil.ing custcaary, can be a certain portion of the future for having some
•tsories and for being able to be among today•s fo1'111ers of the future.
The ancient words--Ave~~ Vale--Hail and Farcwell!--can be said again, not merely
to one br idge with enough idiosyncrasies to be worth knowing, but about all hU118n
r e lationships attempting to span the spaces which offer challenge to our sense of
continuity--and whose spannings are places and ways of our going forth and back . .
Merica's original bard, Wa lt Whit~~~an, always hearing America singing at work and
declari ng t hat each of us is a practicing poet, fulfill s his promise again today. As
he d id r iding the Brooklyn Ferry even before Sooysalith and C011pany built the Hudson
River tunnels to the west, Walt's assuran ce that he could t hink of us and under stand
our situation can be verified now. For the place where we are and 'for noticing our
rea l resources, Walt's lines are right:
Others 111ay praise what they like;
But I, from the banks of the running Missouri, pra.ise nothing in art or
aught else,
Ti ll i t nas well inhaled the at.aosphere of this river, a l so the
wen.ern prairie scent,
and exudes it all again .
Assuming that we nre c0111mon peopl e , and could de110nst rate Walt's point that Amedca•s
poetic genius is in its conmon people, probably we can IIBke simple and c l ear sense
out of h is notion that if }rou stand where we stand, then this river and th i s land
arrund us are surely what ue need to breathe in, express , and pr.aise--before we try
t o praise bridges, or inst !ltutions, or arts, or temporary inhabitants. These banks
and this flowing stream art! basic , as always and ever. Elections, wars, inven t ions,
urban renewal, and space travel won't change that truth.
Wa l t t.'hi t mn also offers wiisdo11 for our future traveling. He l oved to ao around the
country with an attitude cnusing him to find and celebrate
..• The cheerful voice of the pub l ic road, the gay fresh sentiment
of the rottd ,
And individualist that he _,as, going often in ways nobody else found, Walt still knew
t hat it was this public r01:1d he must also love , and he cou ld actually say to a highway,
• • . You express mo better than t can express myself,
you sha 11 be 110re to me than my poe• • • •
Yes, we who travel need bot:h roads and poems, for one without the other will end in
a boring t rip or a pointle!;s collection of words . Whitaan's view is encompassing:
Or. Car ro l Mc Laughlin
• . .· To know the universe i tse 1 f as a rood, as mauy roads, as roads for
t r aveli ng souls •..
Conny Bodine , whose ideas and words cause much construction around us, likes to remind
us of Lewis Mumford's view that, next to language itself, the city is mankind ' s best
devel op11ent. Thinking of these two cities here , in light of that sugges t ion, let
Wh iblan ' s ad.onltioo speak to us and give grace once more to the bridges between:
.Thrive, cities--bring your freight, bring your shows, ample and
su•ffident rivers,
Expand, being tha n which none else is perhaps 1110re spiritua l ,
l eep )'OUT places , objects t han which none else is more lasting,
Crossing the Combination Br idge has be·en a vita l part of count l ess acts of t r ouble
and crisis , as well as of benefit and enjoy111ent; we s hou ld kindly and hones tl y
employ Walt • s words:
.We usc you, and do not ca.st you aside--we plant you permnently within us,
We fathom you not--we love you-- there is perfection in you also ,
you f urnish your pnr t s toward eternity,
Cr e:lt or small, you furnish your parts towa r d t ile srul.
Recently , drivi g across the bridge conscious of this day's expec t ations, and
wa l ki ng across it in affection, I have looked into t he upward r eaches of its rising,
wi th soae heights for resting birds and hints of o ld riggings, a ndjnto the a1113zlng
wa ters of t he Missouri, and then into t he 11achtnes and persons crossina the bridge,
There is no doubt about it; Whitm:ln is right--everything the bridge does tends
towa rd attitudes and events which transcend time and space, which in natural process
s how us both changing and enduring realities. Sometime before the new steel-tied
arch main span is et'ected and its four l anes of traffic and wider ways for pedestrians
and bicycles are opened, walk forth and bad:. on our' longtime l andmark--and register
your experience among those posseuions you can live without and have as keepsakes .
Ther e arc vibra t ions and perceptions y•ou can receive uniquely just here, and anything
as finicky and chanain~ as the C011tbination Bridge deserves your attention while you
can stil l shape it and 110ke so.ething fro~:~ it.
Seei ng the photographs in John Schmidt ' s Profile and yesterday ' s Journal, one can
easily i.&agine what Walt Whitaan felt, as ever attenti ve to who was doJng the work
and how t hey were singing while they dld it. What did the "sandhogs" sing, and in
wha t Sioux land inns, as they went into the HiS"""JTi to base that bridge? We can
be lieve Walt passed
••• the picturesque groups, the workmen gather'd.
and ••. t he gigantic uchines
knowing that it ws all a part of forming America, the greatest of all poems, as
he said . Certain ly bridges and all conaunications systems can lead to dehumaniz.ing
and stupid aovement--Wal t faced that a11d accepted it as one of the equal facts of
Alucrican composition. lie i nsisted , th1:xJgh, that America would in time "justify
i tself" and that the American dream ai.1~ht be verified. Recognizing past accomplis h
II Oilts and anticipating new thoroughfnr1es f or our journeys, let the words be he11rd again:
... Singing the great achievCJnents of the present,
Singing the strong light ,.,orks of engineers.
and si ngi ng also the "infinite greatness of the past" and certifying the 11y t hs we
contt'lllplate , of which the river is a cc)nstant and chan~ ing symbol. It is that larger
purpose which we can tr)' to c0111prehend in this day of bridges, cities, and th e r iver :
.seest thou not Cod ' s pU TJ'Il)S e fr081 the first?
The earth to be spanned, I!Cinnect ed by network,
• Tho races, uei ghbors.
.•• the distant brought near,
The lands to be welded together .
A worship ~w I sing,
You captains , voyogers, explorers, yours,
You, not for trade and tnmsportati on only,
but in God's name, and foi' thy sake 0 soul.
CDIIIIBINATIDN BRIDGE HISTORY
" WELL HAVE YOU WRO,..GHT,
AT THI S YO UR MOIWMENT .~ ._._ .Y ....... ..r.
SUCH WAS THE TOAST TO TH~ .\:.9 J, A. l. WARDELL, AT THE JANUARY 21, 189
';( THIS ~1JSSOURI RIVER SPAN, ..,..,.. 'J
DESPITE WARDELL'S OPTIMISTIC PJ,.~ C E
HOWEVER, THE COMBI NATION ilR IDGE SHALL SO
CONSUMING FANG SHALL GNAS H ITSELF IN VAIN
ON BRIDGE OFFERED BY ITS CHIEF ENGINEER,
BANQUET HERALDING THE COMPLETION OF
TO THE ETERNAL Ll FE OF THE STRUCTURE,
CEDE ITS FUNCTIONS TO A NEW BRIDGE MORE
SUITED TO THE DEI1ANDS OF MODERN TRANSPO~I ON , YET THE BRIDGE REMAI NS AN
ENGINEERI NG AND FINANCIAL TRIBUTE TO llrS~E. Td!V~P.§'ROX IMATELY 2~FOOT BRIDGE, ) oMPLETED AFTE R NEARLY SI X YEARS OF
FINANCE-PLAGUED PRIVATE CON STRUCTION, ~IAS ·~HE RESULT OF THE WO RK CARRIED OUT BY ..., -{ SUCCESSIVE ;;p IES , IT_JI EPLACED THE RIVER SPANNI NG FUNCTIONS
'b~~ts iiFERiltJ!Jl:fi:A:T AND PONTOON...B!}IDGE PFit DECESSORS BY CARRYING RAILROAD TRAINS,
ANS ~Nil.HOR;E Af~IUGGIES, B SL THE ORIGINAL COMBI NATI ON BRIDGE HAD
PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS ON EITHER SIDE AND
OUTER THO LANES, A HIGH FE NCE WAS
THE ANIMALS WOULD NOT
11ERLE HAYNES, FORMER SIOUX CITY MAYOR GEORGE YouNG,
~1ANAGoR CORNELl US I!Olli NE AND SIOUX Ci n'A NS, E. T. "GENE" fLA'!:!!.M
tlATCHELLER AND FORMER IOWA CONGRESSMAN CHARLES B. HOEVEN, _c..r SEVERAL WELL-KNOWN ENGINEERS TOOK PART I N THE DESIGff OF THE COMBINATION BRIDGE,
SOOYSMITH AND COMPANY OF flEW YORK, HEADED BY WILLIAM SooYSMITH, WAS CONTRACTOR FOR
.:?::,F' ITS SUBS TRUCTURE, SOOY SMITH, FAMO US FOR HIS IMPROVEMENTS IN~ PNEUMATIC PROCESS
FOR Sli~ K I NG FOUNDATIONS WAS ALS O ENGI NEER FOR iiEW YoRK C~~ HUDSON RIVER TUNNELS
FOR RAILROADS, To COMPLETE THE SOOYSMITH AND COMP~ PLA MORE,. THAN 200
"sANDHoGs" wERE BRouGrlT To S ioux CnY FRoM NEw YoRK V TH~EME'r?wo~ELow THE MISSOURI's SuRFAfE CONSTRUCTING T~CES SARY PNE U~ ASS.WiiS FOR THE
BRIDGE' S SUBSTRUCTURE , -~, V JOHN ALEXANDER l ow WARDELL, THE ELOQUE NT TOASTER AT v ~iJG'E-~.1,_.
BANQUET, WAS THE DESIGNER FOR THE COMBINATI ON ilRIDGE SU~Tnt:TURE, AN ENGINEERING PROFESSOR, AUTHOR AND CONSULTANT FO R BU I(is ~CTS THE WORLD, liAS PRI NCIPLE ENG! NEER FOR TrlE TRANS-S IBERIAN ~A?, IS WO~~
THAT PROJECT WON rliM SPECIAl. rlO NORS FRO M THE RuSSIAN GOVER~~ . I'Y ALTHO UGrl RECENTLY THE STRESS OF 80 YEARS OF SERVICE rlAS
COuRSE ON THE COI1BINATION o HIDGE AND MA LFUNCTIONS OF THE DRA~I
TIE-UPS, THE STRUCTURE NONEifHELESS HAS REMAINED A TRIBUTE TO TrlE
WHO REALIZED THE VALUE THAT
SouTH S IOUX CITY, NEBRASKA ,
EX I STI 1~G CO!'Ul l ilATION BRIDGE
TrlE BRIDGE, AS IT EXI STS
THE NAVIGATION SEASON, THE BRIDGE WILL CARRY FOUR
OF ROADWAY WlllTH AND, IN AlJDITION, WILL I NCLUDE AN EIGHT FOOT WALKWAY FOR
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES,
EsTIMATED cosT $20,609,100 INCLUDES NEBRAS KA APPROACH ;~ iOWA J-129 INTERCHANGE
A SPECI.AL DAY IN
SIDUXLAND MARINA INN
THE HoNORABLE RoBERT D. RAY GovERNOR -
SOUTH SIOUX CITY~ NEBRASKA NOVEMBER 22~ 1976
1:00 P.M.
STATE oF IowA
THE HoNORABLE CHARLES THONE U. S. CoNGRESSMAN -
PRELUDE 1ST DISTRICT NEBRASKA SouTH Sioux CITY SwiNG CHOIR J. RoBERT FLoss~ DIRECTOR SoUTrl Sioux CITY HIGH ScHOOL
THE HoNORABLE BERKLEY BEDELL U. S. CoNGRESSMAN -6TH DISTRICT IOWA
THOMAS D. DoYLE MASTER of C~FREWIDNIES
PAUL A. BERGER: DIRECTOR - STATE ENGINEER NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ROADS
PRESIDENT -Sioux CITY CHAMBER OF CoMMERCE HowARD E. GuNNERSON
CHIEF ENGINEER - HIGHWAY DIVISION IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
WELCOME JoHN P. McNEIL. PRESIDENT - ERNEST L. ALBERTSEN SouTH Sioux CITY CHAMBER oF CoMMERCE SOUTH SIOUX CITY~ NEBRASKA
REMARKS CLOSING REMARKS
THE HoNoRABLE J. JAMES ExoN GovERNOR -
THE HoNoRABLE CHARLES E. STRONG MAYOR - DAKOTA CITY~ NEBRASKA Slf~PCO CHAIRMAN
STATE OF I~EBRASKA
SIMPCO MEMBERS REPRESENTATIVE
DAKOTA COUNTY, NEBRASKA , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , MR. GEORGE W, SHRADER IDA CouNTY, IowA •• , • • • , , , • • • • •••• , I~R. EMMEIT SAHL MoNONA CouNTY, IowA • , ••• , • • • • • • ••• MR. LESTER BARTELS UNION COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA, , , , , , , I~R. PHIL HILTON WooDBURY CouNTY, IowA • , ••• MR. JERRY O'SuLLIVAN
"BATTLE CREEK, IowA, , • • • • • • • • • • • • •• MAYOR JoHN W. FuN DERMAN "BRoNsoN, IowA • • •• , • • • , •• MAYoR ARTHUR BRowN "CAsTANA, IowA • , • • • • , ••••• • • , MAYoR GILBERT GoTTO
CHEROKEE, IowA •• , , • • • ••• , •••• , •• MAYoR CARVEL BuRKHART DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA , , , , , , , , , , , , '.MAYOR CHARLES STRONG ELK PoiNT, SouTH DAKOTA • • • , •••• , ••• , MAYoR R. T. CoLLINGWOOD
"GALVA, IowA , , • • • , • • • • • • MAYOR DARYL ALLEN HINTON, IowA. • • • • • , • • .MAYoR RoNALD TAGUE HOMER, NEBRAS KA , , , , , , , .MAYOR DARRELL LYON HUBBARD, NEBRASKA , , , , , , , . MAYOR JERRY JENSEN IDA GRove, IowA • , , • • • , MAYOR THEODORE MuRPHY
"JACKSON, NEBRASKA , , , , , , , , , , , , , , MAYOR JACK HARTNETT "JEFFERSON, SouTH DAKOTA • .MAYoR W.!LLIAM CoLLEITE "KINGSLEY, IowA ••• , • • • • .MAYoR JAMES H. WATKINS "MARcus, IowA. • • • , • • • • , • MAYoR JoHN F. DuNN "MooRHEAD, IowA ••• , , •• , , • , • • • • , •••••• MAYoR IVAN NEILSON
NoRTH SIoux CnY, SouTH DAKOTA, • • • MAYoR J~LBERT STREETER ONAWA, IoWA , , , , , , , , , , MAYOR STANILEY STUKENHOLTZ PIERSON, IowA • • , , • • • • MAYoR Leo FARBER PoNcA, fjEBRASKA , , , , , •••• , • MAYol~ E. · C. IvERSON
"RoDNEY, IowA •• , • • • • , • • • • , , .MAYOR DAVID MANN SERGEANT BLUFF, . IOWA. , , , , •• MAYOR RAY MANN Sioux CITY, IowA. • • ·MAYoR G. WILLIAM GRoss
"SLOAN, IowA •••• , •••. ••. •••. •••••• , • • .MAYoR DouGLAS HANSEN SouTH Sioux CITY, JjEBRASKA. • •. , , •. ••. •. ••. •• , • • • •. • .MAYoR KeiTH FERRIS
*TuRIN, IowA • • • • • • • • • • .• • • .• • .• ~ • ~ .• • .MAYoR WAYNE MARSHALL "WHITING, IowA •• , • • • • • • • • • • •. • • ••. • . • , •••• MAYoR MoRTON FREEMAN
DAKOTA CITY PL~NNING & ZoNING CoMMISSION. • .MR. RALPH BEERMANN ~E~GEANT oLUFF PLANNING CoMMISSION. • • • • •• MI~. -CHARLES lliRR Sioux CITY PLANNING CoMMISSION. • • • • • • •• MR. GeoRGE A. CoLE SouTH Sioux CITY PLANNING & ZoNING CoMMISSION , , •• i·1R. RoNALD D. RAPP UNION CouNTY PLANNING CoMMISSION •••••• , , ••• MR. BuRL CLOUD WooDBURY CouNTY ZoNING CoMMISSION • , •• , •• MR. RoBERT M. RoGERS
OFFICERS, BOARD of DIRECTORS OFFICERS, COUNCIL of OFFICIALS
CHAIRMAN VICE CHAIRMAN SECRETARY
CHARLES E. STRONG STANL~Y STUKcNHOLTZ GARY POKORNY
PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY
TREASURER - PERRY G. CLEVELAND ATTORNEY - GARY L. JOHANSEN
TecHNICAL CoMMITTEE CHAIRMAN - JoHN E. CuRFMAN TECHNICAL COMMITTEE VICE CHAIRMAN - WALLACE R. STOVALL
*COUNCIL OF OFFICIALS
THEODORE MURPHY ALBERT STREETER CHARLES H. DIRR
SIOUX CllY, IOWA
MAYOR
CITY MANAGER
Cou,;c l LMEN
S IOUX CITY PLA1~N IHG COitHSSION
(i, WILLIAM GROSS
Ei , F. PoKORNY
LOREN CALLENDAR DoN LAwRENSON ToM L! NDBLOM I'IARGARET PRAHL
DAKOTA CllY, NEBRASKA
MAYOR
COUNCILMEN
ORIGINAL URBAN SIMPCO MEI1BERS
CHARLES E, STRONG
SH l RLEY F, HUGHES PETER w. JORGEJISEN DoNALD H. KuHL GoRDON F. PIPER
WOODBURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS
JERRY 0' SULL! VAN
RITA KLINE KENNETH -RODEEN WAYNE THOMPSON RALPH WILCOX CHAIRMAN
f'I.E MBERS
GOLBY UHLIR
STANLEY ANDERSON RoY BARNUM
DAKOTA CllY PLANNI NG & ZONING COMMISSION WOODBURY COUNTY PLANNING & ZONING COMMI SS ION
SOUTH S IOUX CllY, NEBRASKA
MAYOR
CITY ADMINISTRATOR
CouNCILMEN
IIAYNE CAIN GeoRGE CoLE iloa CowAN ,)AMES ENR l GHT GLOR IA fiSH RAY GRANDLE MICHAEL HUSBAND BRUCE KOLBE GLENN LUNDBLAD !B RUCE MARCUE ~"'ARGARET MoSHER 'VIRGINIA SOELBERG
I<E!TH fE RRIS
WALLACE STOVALL
JAcK BoB! ER FRANK BoesHART GeRALD CuRRY VERN lARSON leo i1AHON DENN l 5 i~Ets.ON JoHN PAULSON WAYiiE SHANKS
CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS
DAKOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS
SERGEANT BLUFF, IOWA
MAYOR
COUNCILMEN
KeN Ros e
MARV l N ANDERSON RALPH BEERMANN RoNALD BRUNTON RoBERT DoeNHOEFER Rev, LAliREII EKDAHL RoBERT Lun DoN MILES fRANCIS SORENSEN
GEORGE W, SHRADER
DANIEL J, RoHDE JoHN W, SERV!NE
RAY MANN
JIM BISHOP ToM MAsseY fRANC l 5 STONE TERRY THOMPSON BILL WILLIAMSON
CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS
NORTH SIOUX CllY, SOUTH DAKOTA
MAYOR
CoUNCILMEN
UNION COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS
PAUL PHI Lll PS
MAURICE CHOQUETTE RoBERT RoGERS JOHN SADLER MERV! N ZELLMER
ALBERT STREETER
CLARENCE W, CAMPBELL LOYD G l LBERTSON EARL W, HESTER MARION J. McMuRPHY RICHARD M. WH !TE
M. c. BAK
PHIL HILTON HARRY KRATOCHVIL RoY WEAVER RAY WENNBLOM
UNION COUNTY PLANNING & ZONI NG COMMISSION
SOUTH SIOUX CllY PLAn~l i~G & L.ONIIIG COI111ISS!ot~ SERGEANT BLUFF PLAi~N I NG & ZONING CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS
DEN NIS HULTGREN
ALFRED ALLARD WM. BowERS CHAIRMAN
MEI1lERS
EMERY JARV!LL
LEROY BARNES i3 JLL CLAUSEN STANLEY JOHANSEN LOUIE ~IARMO LEROY PF I STER RoN RAPP CLARK SORENSON Run t TODD
CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS
c. H. DIRR
ED BRAMBLE HARRY JUNCK WM. MAUPIN DoN MoGENSEN DoN WooDFORD
C0!1MISSIONS AND STAFF
NEBRASKA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
KARL UICKINSON JOSEPH LIPTON (CHAIRMAN) n i GHWAY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT J HIGHWAY CoMMISSIONER DISTRICT II
MER LE K1 NGSBURY HIGHWAY CafiMISSIONER DISTRICT III
EVERETT A. LILLICH (VICE CHAIRMAN) HIGHWAY Cof!MISSIONER DISTRICT IV
w. D. I~EWBERRY DR. BEN MECKEL HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT V HIGHWAY (Of!MlSSIONER DISTRICT VI
Joe J, HUCKFELDT BERNARD G. LOGAN HIGHWAY COf!MlSSIONER DISTRICT VII EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HIGHWAY COMMISSION
NEBRASKA DEP>~RTMENT OF ROAIJS
THOMAS !J. lJoYLE ~IERLE F, REILING DIRECTOR- STATE ENGINEER DEPUTY DIRECTOR- HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
CHARLES F, I~UTTER GiERO LD S, STROBEL DEPUTY - STATE ENGINEER - DIEPUTY STATE ENGINEER - OPERATIONS ENGINEER SERVICES
THoMAS McCARTHY DALE PoeLHMAN lliSTRICT ENGINEER- DISTRICT III PROJECT MANAGER
SIMPCO STAFF
DONALD M. MEISNER, DIRECTOR GERALD E. 2ELLER, AssiSTANT DI REC TOR
JAN ANDREWS BE TTY BoTTIGER VIRGINIA D. CARPENTER JUDY COCHR AN CATHERINE DUZIK RILEY J. FIELDS lANCE A. HEDQUIST IRVIN D. Joy RUTH KAPLAN
DONALD McKl NNEY RICHARD Morz KATHY ORISON ANDREW PANNELL PHYLLIS J, PETERSEN M1 CHAEL PETRONI S JAMES C. STEPHENS GENE STURM SANDRA TREVATHAN
SPECIAL THANKS To:
SIO UX CITY JOURNAL ROBERT H. 0oDSLEY - MANAGING . .EDITOR
IOWA I~ATIONAL GUARD CoL. CLEADETH P. WooDs CoL. WARREN G. NELSON
PREPARED BY:
RILEY J, fiELDS - SUPERVISOR PHYLLIS J. PETERSEN
RUTH S , KAPLAN KATHY J. ORISON CATHERINE DUZIK
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BuRL CLOUD HAROLD FeRN IA WesLEY lARSON RoY WEAVER
IOWA DEPARTME1H OF TRAiiSPORTATION COMMISS!Oi~
BARBARA DUNN COMMISSIONER
DoNALD i< . GAF!DNER Cof!M I 55 I ON ER
' STEPHEN GARST COMMISS lONER
WILLIAM F, f1c:GRATH Cof!M I 55 lONER
GEORGE CALVEF!T 11ATERIALS iHSPECTION
KEITrl UAVIS CONTRACTS
TnOMAs DeWITTE DISTRICT PLA~INING ENGINEER
RoBERT G1 VEN iJEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER
HowARD GuNNERSON HIGHWAY DIVJS,JON
RoBERT rlUMPitREY PROJECT PLANN l NG
RAYMOND KASSEL PLANNING & RESEARCH
RoBERT MciNTIRE CONSTRUCTION
KENNE TH MclAuGHLIN RoAD DesiGN
STAFF
ROBERT R. RIGLER Cof!MISSIONER
STANLEY L. SCHOELERMAN CoMMI ss lONER
ALLAN THOMS COMMI 55 l OllER
VICTOR PREISSER iJIRECTOR
DoNALD McLEAN DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER
WALTER MoRRIS DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER
HARRY NELSON DISTRICT, CoNST, ENGINEER
CHARLES PES TON I K BRIDGE DESIGN
NORMAN P1 ETSCH PROJECT MANAGER
GEORGE C. Rowe ACTING DIST, ENGINEER
HAROLD ScHIEL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
CeciL SUTLIFF RESIDENTIA L MAINTENANCE ENG,
GoRDoN SweITZER RIGHT OF WAY
LEWIS AND CLARK HISTORICAL SOC I ETY
DR, V, STRODE HINDS PRESIDENT
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