INTCRSTATC 129 SERGEANT FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIDGE
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MASTER of CEREMONIES DEDICATION CEREMONY WALT ER L. MoRRIS JOHN B. KEMP DEPUTY DIRECTOR-OPERATION REGIONAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR HIGHWAY DIVI SION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADM-INISTRATION IoWA DEPA fi TMENT OF TRANSPORTATION UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INVOCATION RE VER END DR. T. J. C. ScHULDT PARTICIPANTS PASTOR 1 FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH GovER NOR RoBERT D. RAY1 IowA Sou TH Sioux CITY1 NEBRASKA GovERNOR J. JAMES ExoNJ NEBRASKA ERNEST L. ALBERTSEN} SOUTH SIOUX CITYJ WELCOME i~ EBRASKA MAYOR KEITH FERRIS1 SOUTH SIOUX CITY1 NEBRASKA TH E HONORABLE CHARLES E. STRONG MAYOR G. WILLIAM GRoss~ Sioux CITY1 IowA MA YOR --DAKOTA CITYJ NEBRASKA MAYOR RAY MANNI SERGEANT BLUFF1 IowA CHAIRMA N--SIMPCO COMMISSIONER GEORGE SHRADER 1 DAKOTA COUNTY 1 NEB RASKA MAYOR CHARLES E. STRONG} DAKOTA CITYJ NEBRASKA INTRODUCTIONS SuPERVISOR JERRY O'SuLLIVAN~ WooDBURY CouNTY1 IowA TH E HoNoRABLE G. WILLIAM GRoss MA YoR--Sioux CITY1 IowA ASSISTING THE HoN ORABLE KEITH FERRIS WIL~IAM w. AMUNDSO N JosEPH L. HoLDEFER MA YOR- -SOUTH SIOUX CITYJ NEBRASKA RALPH F. BEERMAN N MERLE KING SBURY PAUL A. BERGER DoNALD K. McKINNEY REMARKS RoBERT BLESSING DoNALD M. MEISNER THE HoNORABLE RoBERT D. RAY CoRNELius BoDINE~ JR. DONALD J I MULLIN GovERNOR--STA TE OF IowA JULES M. BUSKER RoNALD D. RA PP JOHN E. CURFMAN JAMES E. REEDE R ROBERT RI GLER LEONARD W. DIERKING KENNETH J . RoDEEN CHAIRMAN EARLE N. GRUESKIN ALBERT E. STRE ETE R IOWA DEPT, OF TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION THE HoNO RAB LE J. JAMES ExoN BENEDICTION GovERNOR--STATE OF NEBRASKA REVEREND DR. CHARLES E. MASON MERLE KINGSBURY UNITED METHODIST MINISTER--RETIRED MEMBER1 NEBRASKA HIGHWAY COMMISSION Sioux CITY1 IowA
SERGEANT FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIDGE (INTERSTATE 129)
SERGEANT FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIJJGE THE BUI LDING OF THE SERGEANT FLOYD MEI10RIAL BRIDGE WAS A R SULT OF MUCH HARD WORK JEN~I~GS RANUOLPrl , CHA IRMAN OF Trl~ SENATE COMM I TTEE OF PUB LIC WORKS ON FEBRUARY 21, BY LOCAL OFFICIALS AND cITIZENS' THE EFFORT WAS SPEARHEADED B I ~ RNEST L. ALBERTSEN, 1967, MILEAGE FOR Trl!S IMPORTAN T BRIDGE WAS ADDED TO THE iNTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEI-1 THEN MAYOR OF SoUTH SIOUX CITY, HE, WI TH JAMES E. REEDER, THE I)AYOR OF SIOUX CITY, IN LATE 1968 AND ANNOUNCED IN SIOUX CITY ON THE EVEN ING OF DECEMBER 13, 1968, AND CORUELIUS BODIN E, JR., FORMER CITY MANAGER OF S IOUX CITY, f dANIZED THE FIRST THE EFFORT TO GAIN THE BRIDGE WAS ENHANCED BY THE EFFORTS OF ROBERT BARRY MEETINGS IN 19o4 CONCERNING THE UEED FOR A BRIDGE, SOUTH S10yx dnY AND SIOUX CITY (DECEASED), iOWA STATE HI GHWAY CoMMISSIONER AND 11E RLE KINGSBURY, NEBRASKA HI GHWAY JOINED WITH WOODBURY COU1HY, NORTH SIOUX CITY, UNION COUNTY, dA q TA COUNTY, SERGEANT 1 BLUFF AND DAKOTA CITY TO ORM AN ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE S1 uLi ND iNTERSTATE COMMISSIOoiER, METROPOLITAN PLANN I NG COUNCIL (Sii1PC0), THE EFF OR T WAS ALSO AIDED BY THE ASSISTANCE OF FORMER NEBRASKA FIRST DISTRICT CoNGRESSMEN ROBERT J) , DENNEY AND RALPH F, llEERMANN; UNITED STATES SENATORS JACK 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 ~ £. MI LLER, IOWA AND CARL CURTIS , NEBRASKA ; SIXTH DISTRICT CONGRESSI1EN STANLEY GREIGG AND STRONG, SERGEANT BLUFF BY LLOYD H. FYMB O (DECEASED); WoODBURY COUNTY BY JAMES E. WILEY MAY.NE , GOVER1 THE WOOllt~URY COUNTY LOIHNG CoMMISSION BY ROBERT IIERBOLO BusES f URNISHED fl y : S IOUX CITY JOURNA L KCAU TELE VISION KMNS RAD IO S IOUX CITY TRANS IT SYSTEM SO UTH S I OUX CITY STAIR KMEG TELE VIS ION t\SCJ RADI 0 FARM TO MARKET TRUCK ER NEWS KTI V TELE VISI ON KWS L RAD IO TRUCKS FURNISHED BY: OHAHA WoRLD HERALD - HIRSCHBACH MOTOR LI NES, INC, Sioux CITY ~lo ToR EX PRE ss, I Nc . Des MoiNES REGISTER - HOERN ER-WA LDOR F CORP, - S I OUX TRANS PORTATI ON COM PANY - IOWA BE EF PROCESSORS , INc , - WESTHO FF, INc . - METZ BAK I NG CoMPANY WILSON TR AILER CoMPA NY - YELLOW FRIEGHT SYS TEM INC •. - CARGO CON TRAC T CARRI ER COR P, 1- 129- FLOYD MCMl'IRIAL BRIDGC CONTRACTING c. I-129 - I-2Y & U, S, 75 INTERCHANGE 1. CONTRACTORS , TYPE. OF WORK AND COSTS: A. FROM EXISTING HIGHWAY 77 TO WEST ABUTMENT OF FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIDGE 1, LENGTH - 1.7 MILES A. VAN BusKIRK C:oN~TRUCTjON C0~1PANY (SIOLIX CI TY, OWA) 2, CON TRACTORS, TYPE OF WORK AND COSTS: GRADING $ 2,639, 566 B, FQLEY BROTH~R.S A, VAN BUSKIRK Coi~STRUCTION GRADING, CONCRE TE (ST, PAUL , fli NNESOTA) STRUCTURES CoMPANY (Sioux Cn Y, m~A) PAVING , CULVERTS AND DE TOUR $ 3, 078,343 c. OSTER & PEDER:SON (MINNEAPOLIS, i1I NNESOTA) s. CE;NTURY FENCE COMPANY STRUCTURES (\iAUKESHA, \j I SCONS IN) FENCE 64,403 D. HQBE EN(iii~EERII~G CORP, (SIOUX CITY, OWA) c. W~STERN CONTR~CTI~G CORP , STRUC TURES (S i oux Cnv, .lowAJ $ 4, 180, 14b PAVING $ 1, 321, 811 E, CHRIS TENSON B-ROJtlERS (CH EROKEE, IOWA) D, HILL's SAND &GRAVEL STRUC TURES (POLK, NEBRASKA) SE EDING MD GUARDRAI L 61, 448 F , JENS EN CoNSTRUCT ION Co . (VES MOINES, IOWA) E • HQBE ENGINEER j i~G CORP , STRUCTURES (SIOUX CITY, OWA) BRIDGES 786 .890 G, IIATERLoo Co~STRVCTION Co. (WATERLOO, I 0~/A) STRUC TU RES TOTAL $ 5, 312,895 H, IRVING F . JENSEN ll. FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIDGE (Sioux CITY, IowA) PAV I NG I, 1, CoNTRACTORS, TYPE OF WORK AND COSTS: PROGRESSJVE COIHRt-CTORS, I NC , $ 3, 867,719 (OSS EO, J·li,~i~ESOTA) PAVIN G A, JENSEN CONSTRUCT I ON COMPANY J , (VES MoiNES, IOWA) - SUBS TRUC TURE D6CK ! NSON INC ' ( SKA LOOSA , IOWA) LIGHTI NG 350,804 B, P(l TTSBURGH-DES MOINES STIE~ L Co, K. 1/ATI ONA~ ADVERTJSING Co . PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVAN I ,O SUPERS TR UCTURE ARGO, I LLINO I S S I GN I NG 194,351 c. f(QX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY L, RIG HT OF liAY $ 2, 201,417 MUSCATINE , OWA) FLOOR OVERLAY M, ENG I NE ERI NG 949, 96Y COIISTRUCTION $15,738, 848 ENG I NEER I NG $ 1. 188. 775 N, To BE LET - EROS I ON CON TRO L (EST , ) $ 36. 000 TO TAL $16, 927' 623 TOTAL FOR I IITERCHANGE $14, 419, 972 GRAim TOTA L $36 . 660 . 490 (FROM EXISTING HIGHWAY 77 TO I - 129 - l-29 &U , S, 75 INTERCHANGE) FOR YOOR EFFORTS ON SERGEANT FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIDGE SIOUXLAND THANKS YOU Ernest L. Albertsen Don Fi tch L. V. Kuhl Albert Streeter James E. Anderson Charles W. Garthri ght Robert Kuze l ka Charles E. Strong Jan Albertson Earle N. Grueskin James S. Lep s c (dec•eased) Emers on Sc.hi ll W. Burnett Austin Wilfred L. Gerking John Laros ' Reuel Swenson Leonard Andersen Stanley Greigg Ted Lars on John Shannahan William Amundson Robert Gunsolley Norris Leamer George Saunders Paul Beck (deceased) Bruce Gi Uan Thomas Massey Donald Shooi ng Allen Beermann Howard Gwmers on Don J . Mullin Don Schaller Robert Barry (deceas ed) Ray Good s on John R. Murphy Dan Shasteen ~alph Beermann Julie Goodson Thomas McCarthy Harold Smock Paul A. Berger Arlo 0 . Herbo ld William R. Macfarlrune Herbert A. Spooner Robert Blessing Paul Heineman Samuel McMaster Rodney Smi th Roy Bartels Joseph Holdefer Donald M. Meisner Henry Try s la Jules Busker Merle Haynes Ca rl Noer r (deceased) Julian Torgerson Mrs. Kay Beacom (deceased) ShiT l ey Hugh es Harry Ne l son Willi:1m F. Turner Cornelius Bodine. Jr. Marvin N. Harris S. H. Nelson Albert E. Thacker Wayne Boyd Lance Hedquis t Leroy Pfister Ernie 1\trek Berkley Bedell Ward Henders on R. James Pearson Charles Thone Dan Cahill . Jr . Harold E. Hugh es Elmer Quam Norbert T. Tiemann Robert E. Carlson Wendell P. Heffelfinger (deceas ed ) Ronald Rapp Tom L. Weekes John E. Curfman W. Robert Herbold James E. Reeder . Jr . Charles Wool ery Carl Curtis W. H. Hi ndman Ray Rodeen Marie White Roman L. Hru s ka Joseph Coupal. Jr. George P. Rapp Robert Williams John Ire lan Louis P. Culver Michael Randolph Howard Weiner Irvi n D. Joy Leonard W. Dierking Robert Rogers Walt er Webb Harry Jun ek Robert Oodsley Ru s sell Rich Don Woodford Peter Jorgensen Kenneth Rodeen Donald Doyle Ralph Wi !cox Wi llis Junker Leonard Dailey George Rowe J8llleS Yanney Thomas Doyle Gary Joh.:lnsen Daniel Rohde George Youn g J . Jame s Exo~ Melvin Keys er James Reid George Wimmer Lloyd H. FYJIIbo (deceased) Kevin Kelly Robert D. Ray Gerald E. Zeller Oerald Kohl es Phil Sherman (deceasoed) 77·20 ----.--EPLACEMEN1' ____...... _ -=====---~ ~----- ~· 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 ' FAREWELL. TO PRELUDE CO.BINAT~FON BRIDGE S 1 oux C1 TV \~EST 1GH ScHOOL H DR. CAR~ROL MclAuGHLIN WoLVERINE PEP BAND PROFESSOR~-MoRNINGSIDE COLLEGE WILLIAM DYKSHORN ... DIRECTOR Sioux CITY.., IowA INVOCATION RABBI ALBERT A. GORDON GROUNDBii~EAKING CEREMONY MOUNT SINAI TEMPLE MAYORS Sioux CITY.., IowA GOVERNORS CoNGRESSMEN CITIZENS • .I REMARKS THE HoNORABLE G. WILLIAM GRoss MAvoR--Sioux CITY.., IowA BENEDICTJrQN REV I JAMES E. FITZGERALD THE HoNORABLE KEITH FERRIS PASTOR--ST MICHAEL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH MAYOR--Soun-1 Sioux CITY.., NEBRASKA SouTH Sioux CITY.., NEBRASKA FAREWELL to the COIIIIBINATIDN BRIDGE Or. Car rol Mc Laughlin Sa l uting the vision and achievement of those whose thoughts and words once built • . .· To know the universe i tse 1f as a rood, as mauy roads, as roads for t his C011 bination Bridge, an-d cel ebrating in completion of one ne\11 bridge and prepar.atlon t r aveling souls •.. for anot her, l et us r ecognize that t he Siouxland Int erstate Me t ropolitan Planning Conny Bodine, whose ideas and words cause much construction around us, likes to remind Council provides coherence and recognition that poetry- -which .st.ill 11ean.s "ma ki ng" us of Le wis Mumford's view that, next to language itself, the city is mankind ' s best and "shaping" and "fondng"--ouaht to be a part of our experience here and now. devel op11ent. Thinking of these two cities here, in light of that suggest ion, let The progra• for the day indicates t he eloquence of the C011bination Bridge's Wh iblan' s ad.onltioo speak to us and give grace once more to the bridges between: designer, John Aleunder Lo w Wardell--and it seems fitting that a mn whose ideas .Thrive, cities--bring your freight, bring your shows, ample and and expr essions cou l d wo r k on the Tr ans-siberian Rai l way and SiouJt land's venerable su•ffident rivers, bridge would be a ma n of rtemorable wordings. Of course we can realhe that he, like Expand, being tha n which none else is perhaps 1110re spiritua l , 111ost visionaries who get t hings done, may have ext ended his rhetor ic while praising l eep )'OUT places, objects t han which none else is more lasting, his co-worker s. His judg!Jient that they WTought well we c.a n attest again; and al l Crossing the Combination Br idge has be·en a vita l part of countl ess acts of t r ouble the changes t his impressive old bridge has expeTienc.ed only enhance our sense o f its and crisis, as well as of benefit and enjoy111ent; we s hou ld kindly and hones tl y re1113rkab l e qualities. It has not ooly been t he path of countless walkers, the route employ Wa lt • s words: of •ight y trains, the way for street cars and busses and motor vehicles to link our .We usc you, and do not ca.st you aside--we plant you permnently within us, t owns , a.nd the host for horses and carriages inhabi t ing our nostalgia--it has opened , We fathom you not--we love you--there is perfection in you also , however r eluctantly, for traffic on its own reason for being, the Missouri--and been you f urnish your pnrt s toward eternity, a proving point for the ancient adage which tells us all we need to know of history : Cr e:lt or small, you furnish your parts towar d t ile srul. Yru can never step into the same river twice. For in these eight decades and more, Recently, drivi g across the bridge conscious of this day's expect ations, and that changing bridge has stood amidst the constant change of our river, and the dead wa l ki ng across it in affection, I have looked into t he upward r eaches of its rising, who built it, and the thousands who have crossed it and no longer live, share in our wi th soae heights for resting birds and hints of o ld riggings, a ndjnto the a1113zlng cereaonies now--just as all of us, having left our lifeti•es behind us as this next wa ters of t he Missouri, and then into t he 11achtnes and persons crossina the bridge, bridge is be~Oil.ing custcaary, can be a certain portion of the future for having some There is no doubt about it; Whitm:ln is right--everything the bridge does tends •tsories and for being able to be among today•s fo1'111ers of the future. towa rd attitudes and events which transcend time and space, which in natural process show us both changing and enduring realities. Sometime before the new steel-tied The ancient words--Ave~~ Vale--Hail and Farcwell!--can be said again, not merely arch main span is et'ected and its four l anes of traffic and wider ways for pedestrians to one br idge with enough idiosyncrasies to be worth knowing, but about all hU118n and bicycles are opened, walk forth and bad:. on our' longtime landmark--and register r e lationships attempting to span the spaces which offer challenge to our sense of your experience among those posseuions you can live without and have as keepsakes . continuity--and whose spannings are places and ways of our going forth and back . . Ther e arc vibrat ions and perceptions y•ou can receive uniquely just here, and anything Merica's original bard, Wa lt Whit~~~an, always hearing America singing at work and as finicky and chanain~ as the C011tbination Bridge deserves your attention while you declari ng t hat each of us is a practicing poet, fulfills his promise again today. As can stil l shape it and 110ke so.ething fro~:~ it. he d id r iding the Brooklyn Ferry even before Sooysalith and C011pany built the Hudson River tunnels to the west, Walt's assurance that he could t hink of us and under stand Seei ng the photographs in John Schmidt ' s Profile and yesterday' s Journal, one can our situation can be verified now. For the place where we are and 'for noticing our easily i.&agine what Walt Whitaan felt, as ever attentive to who was doJng the work rea l resources, Walt's lines are right: and how t hey were singing while they dld it. What did the "sandhogs" sing, and in Others 111ay praise what they like; wha t Sioux land inns, as they went into the HiS"""JTi to base that bridge? We can But I, from the banks of the running Missouri, pra.ise nothing in art or be lieve Walt passed aught else, ••• the picturesque groups, the workmen gather'd. Ti ll i t nas well inhaled the at.aosphere of this river, a l so the and ••. t he gigantic uchines wen.ern prairie scent, knowing that it ws all a part of forming America, the greatest of all poems, as and exudes it all again . he said. Certainly 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 Assuming that we nre c0111mon people , and could de110nst rate Walt's point that Amedca•s Alucrican composition. lie i nsisted , th1:xJgh, that America would in time "justify poetic genius is in its conmon people, probably we can IIBke simple and c l ear sense i tself" and that the American dream ai.1~ht be verified. Recognizing past accomplish out of h is notion that if }rou stand where we stand, then this river and th i s land II Oilts and anticipating new thoroughfnr1es f or our journeys, let the words be he11rd again: arrund us are surely what ue need to breathe in, express, and pr.aise--before we try ...Singing the great achievCJnents of the present, t o praise bridges, or inst!ltutions, or arts, or temporary inhabitants. These banks Singing the strong light ,.,orks of engineers. and this flowing stream art! basic, as always and ever. Elections, wars, invent ions, and singing also the "infinite greatness of the past" and certifying the 11y t hs we urban renewal, and space travel won't change that truth. contt'lllplate , of which the river is a cc)nstant and chan~ ing symbol. It is that larger Wa l t t.'hi t mn also offers wiisdo11 for our future traveling. He l oved to ao around the purpose which we can tr)' to c0111prehend in this day of bridges, cities, and the r iver: country with an attitude cnusing him to find and celebrate .seest thou not Cod ' s pU TJ'Il)S e fr081 the first? ..• The cheerful voice of the pub lic road, the gay fresh sentiment The earth to be spanned, I!Cinnect ed by network, of the rottd , • Tho races, uei ghbors. And individualist that he _,as, going often in ways nobody else found, Walt still knew .•• the distant brought near, t hat it was this public r01:1d he must also love, and he cou ld actually say to a highway, The lands to be welded together . • • . You express mo better than t can express myself, you sha 11 be 110re to me than my poe• • • • A worship ~w I sing, You captains , voyogers, explorers, yours, Yes, we who travel need bot:h roads and poems, for one without the other will end in You, not for trade and tnmsportation only, a boring t rip or a pointle!;s collection of words . Whitaan's view is encompassing: but in God's name, and foi' thy sake 0 soul. CDIIIIBINATIDN BRIDGE HISTORY .:?::,F' " WELL HAVE YOU WRO,..GHT, CONSUMING FANG SHALL GNAS H ITSELF IN VAIN ITS SUBS TRUCTURE, SOOY SMITH, FA MO US FOR HIS IMPROVEMENTS IN ~ PNEUMATIC PROCESS AT THI S YO UR MO IWMENT . ~ ._._ FOR Sli~ K I N G FOUNDATIO NS WAS ALS O ENGI NEER FOR iiEW YoRK C~~ HUDSON RIVER TUNNELS .Y ...... r. S UCH WAS THE TOAST TO TH~ .\:.9 ON BRIDGE OFFERE D BY ITS CHIEF ENGINEER, FOR RAILROADS, To COMPLETE THE SOOYSMITH AND COMP ~ PLA MORE,. THAN 200 J, A. l. WARDELL, AT THE JANUARY 21, 189 BANQUET HERALDING THE COMPLETION OF "sANDHoGs" wERE BRouGrlT To S ioux CnY FR oM NEw YoRK V TH ~EM E'r?wo~ ELow ';( THIS ~1JSSOURI RIVER SPAN, ..,..,.. 'J THE MISSOURI's SuRFAfE CONSTRUCTIN G T~ CE S S A RY PN E U ~ ASS.WiiS FOR THE DESPITE WARDELL'S OPTIMISTIC PJ,.~ C E TO THE ETERNAL Ll FE OF THE STRUCTURE, BRIDGE' S SUBSTRUCTURE , -~, V HOWEVER, THE COMBI NATION ilR IDGE SHA LL SO CED E ITS FUNCTIONS TO A NEW BRIDGE MORE JOHN ALEXANDER l ow WARDELL, THE ELOQUE NT TOASTE R AT v ~iJG'E-~.1,_. SUITED TO THE DEI1ANDS OF MODERN TRANSP O~ I ON , YET THE BRIDGE REMAI NS AN BANQUET, WAS THE DE SIGNER FOR THE COMBINATI ON ilRIDGE SU ~Tnt: TURE, ENGINEERI NG AND FINANCIAL TRIBUTE TO llrS~ E. AN ENGINEERING PROFESSOR, AUTHOR AND CONSULTANT FO R BU I(is ~CTS Td !V ~P.§' RO X IMATELY 2~ FOOT BRIDGE, ) oMPLETED AFTE R NEARLY SI X YEA RS OF THE WORLD, liAS PRI NCIPLE ENG! NEER FO R TrlE TRA NS-S IBE RIAN ~ A?, IS WO~~ FINANCE-PLAGUED PRIVATE CON STRU CTION, ~IAS · ~ HE RESULT OF THE WO RK CARRIED OUT BY THAT PROJECT WON rliM SPECIAl. rlO NORS FRO M THE RuSSIAN GOVER~~ . I'Y ..., -{ SUCCESSIVE ;;p IES , IT_JI EPLAC ED THE RIVER SPANNI NG FUNCTIONS ALT HO UGrl RECENTLY THE STRE SS OF 80 YEARS OF SERVICE rlAS 'b~~ts ii FERiltJ!Jl:fi:A:T AND PONTO ON...B!}IDGE PFit DECESS ORS BY CARRYING RAILROAD TRAINS, COuRSE ON THE COI1BINATION o HIDGE AND MA LFUNCTIONS OF THE DRA~I ANS ~Nil.H OR ;E Af~IUGGIES, TIE-UPS, THE STRUCTURE NONEifHELES S HAS REMAINED A TRIBUTE TO TrlE B SL THE ORIGINAL COMBI NATI ON BRIDGE HAD WHO REALIZED THE VALUE THAT PEDESTRIAN WALKWA YS ON EITHER SIDE AND SouTH S IOUX CITY, NEBRASKA , OUTE R THO LANES, A HIGH FE NCE WAS E X I S TI 1~G CO!'Ul l ilATIO N BRIDGE THE ANIMALS WOULD NOT TrlE BRIDGE, AS IT EXI STS 11ERLE HAYNES, FORMER SIOUX CITY MAYOR GEORGE YouNG, ~1A N AGoR CORNELl US I!Olli NE AND SIOUX Ci n'ANS, E. T. "GENE" fLA'!:!!.M THE NAVIGATION SEASON, THE BRIDGE WILL CARRY FOUR tlATCHELLER AND FORMER IOWA CONGRESSMAN CHARLES B. HOEVEN, _c..r OF ROA DWAY WlllTH AND, IN AlJDITION, WILL I NCLUDE AN EIGHT FOOT WALKWAY FOR SEVERAL WELL-KNOWN ENGINEERS TOO K PART I N THE DESIG ff OF THE COMBINATION BRIDGE, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES, SOOYSMITH AND COMPANY OF flEW YORK, HEADED BY WILLIAM SooYSMITH, WAS CONTRACTOR FOR EsTIMATED cosT $20,609,100 INCLUDES NEBRAS KA APPROACH ;~ iOWA J-129 INTERCHANGE A SPECI.AL DAY IN SIDUXLAND THE HoNORABLE RoBERT D. RAY MARINA INN GovERNOR - SOUTH SIOUX CITY~ NEBRASKA STATE oF IowA NOVEMBER 22~ 1976 1:00 P.M. THE HoNORABLE CHARLES THONE U. S. CoNGRESSMAN - PRELUDE 1ST DISTRICT NEBRASKA SouTH Sioux CITY SwiNG CHOIR THE HoNORABLE BERKLEY BEDELL J. RoBERT FLoss~ DIRECTOR U. S. CoNGRESSMAN - SoUTrl Sioux CITY HIGH ScHOOL 6TH DISTRICT IOWA THOMAS D. DoYLE MASTER of C~FREWIDNIES DIRECTOR - STATE ENGINEER PAUL A. BERGER: 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 CHARLES E. STRONG THE HoNoRABLE J. JAMES ExoN MAYOR - DAKOTA CITY~ NEBRASKA GovERNOR - 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 CHAR LES 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 CHARLES E. STRONG PRESIDENT THEODORE MURPHY VICE CHAIRMAN STANL~Y STUKcNHOLTZ VICE PRESIDENT ALBERT STREETER SECRETARY GARY POKORNY SECRETARY CHARLES H. DIRR TREASURER - PERRY G. CLEVELAND ATTORNEY - GARY L. JOHANSEN TecHNICAL CoMMITTEE CHAIRMAN - JoHN E. CuRFMAN TECHNICAL COMMITTEE VICE CHAIRMAN - WALLACE R. STOVALL *COUNCIL OF OFFICIALS SIOUX CllY, IOWA ORIGINAL URBAN SIMPCO MEI1BERS MAYOR (i, WILLIAM GROSS CITY MANAGER Ei , F. PoKORNY Cou,;c l LMEN LOREN CALLENDAR DoN LAwRENSON DAKOTA CllY, NEBRASKA WOODBURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ToM L! NDBLOM CHAIRMAN JERRY 0' SULL! VAN I'IARGARET PRAHL MAYOR CHARLES E, STRONG COUNCILMEN SH l RLEY F, HUGHES MEMBERS RITA KLINE S IOU X CITY PLA1~ N IHG COitHSSION PETER w. JORGEJISEN KENNETH -RODEEN DoNALD H. KuHL WAYNE THOMPSON CHAIRMAN GOLBY UHLIR GoRDON F. PIPER RALPH WILCOX STANLEY ANDERSON f'I.E MBERS DAKOTA CllY PLANNI NG & ZONING COMMISSION WOODBURY COUNTY PLANNING & ZONING COMMI SS ION RoY BARNUM IIAYNE CAIN CHAIRMAN KeN Ro s e CHAIRMAN PAUL PHI Lll PS GeoRGE CoLE iloa CowAN MEMBER S MARV l N ANDERSON MEMBERS MAURICE CHOQUETTE ,)AMES ENR l GHT RALPH BEERMANN RoBERT RoGERS GLOR IA fiSH RoNALD BRUNTON JO HN SADLER RAY GRANDLE RoBERT DoeNHOEFER MERV! 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BEN MECKEL STEPHEN' GARST HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT V ALLAN THOMS HIGHWAY (Of!MlSSIONER DISTRICT VI COMMISS lONER COMMI 55 l OllER Joe J, HUCKFELDT BERNARD G. LOGAN WILLIAM F, f1c:GRATH HIGHWAY COf!MlSSIONER DISTRICT VII VICTOR PREISSER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, HIGHWAY COMMISSION Cof!M I 55 lONER iJIRECTOR STAFF GEORGE CALVEF!T DoNALD McLEAN NEBRASKA DEP>~RTMENT OF ROAIJS 11ATERIALS iHSPECTION DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER THOMAS !J. lJoYLE ~IERLE F, REILING KEITrl UAVIS CONTRACTS WALTER MoRRIS DIRECTOR- STATE ENGINEER DEPUTY DIRECTOR- HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER TnOMAs DeWITTE CHARLES F, I~UTTER GiERO LD S, STRO BEL HARRY NELSON DEPUTY - STATE ENGINEER - DI EPUTY STATE ENGINEER - OPERATIONS DISTRICT PLA~INING ENGINEER ENGINEER SERVICES DISTRICT, CoNST, ENGINEER RoBERT G1 VEN CHARLES PES TON I K THoMAS McCARTHY DALE PoeLHMAN iJEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER BRIDGE DESIGN lliSTRICT ENGINEER- DISTRICT III PROJECT MANAGER HowARD GuNNERSON NORMAN P1 ETSCH HIGHWAY DIVJS,JON PROJECT MANAGER RoBERT rlUMPitREY GEORGE C. Rowe PROJECT PLANN l NG ACTING DIST, ENGINEER RAYMOND KASSEL PLANNING & RESEARCH HAROLD ScHIEL TRAFFIC ENGINEERING RoBERT MciNTIRE SPECIAL THANKS To: CONSTRUCTION CeciL SUTLIFF RESIDENTIA L MAIN TENANCE ENG, KENNE TH MclAuGHLIN SIO UX CITY JOURNAL RoAD DesiGN GoRDoN SweITZER SIMPCO STAFF ROBERT H. 0oDSLEY - MANAGING . .EDITOR RIGHT OF WAY IOWA I~ATIONAL GUARD DONALD M. MEISNER, DIRECTOR CoL. CLEADETH P. WooDs GERALD E. 2ELLER, AssiSTANT DI REC TOR CoL. WARREN G. NELSON JAN ANDREWS DONALD McKl NNEY BE TTY BoTTIGER RICHARD Morz PREPARED BY: VIRGINIA CARPENTER D. KATHY ORISON JUDY COCHR AN RILEY J, fiELDS - SUPERVISOR ANDREW PANNELL PHYLLIS J. PETERSEN CATHERINE DUZIK PHYLLIS J, PETERSEN RILEY J. FIELDS RUTH S , KAPLAN LEWIS AND CLARK HISTORICAL SOC I ETY M1 CHAEL PETRONI S lANCE A. HEDQUIST KATHY J. ORISON DR, V, STRODE HINDS IRVIN Joy JAMES C. STEPHENS D. GENE STURM CATHERINE DUZIK PRESIDENT RUTH KAPLAN SANDRA TREVATHAN PRINTED BY: Sroux CITY PRINT SHoP ANTHONY ABRAMO - SUPERVISOR JAMES STEPHENS - PRINTER RENI~ftRKS REJ'IIARKS .- lOW ft. SIOUXLAND /NT£RSTAT£ METROPOLITAN PLANNING COuNCIL