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INTCRSTATC 129 SERGEANT FLOYD MEMORIAL BRIDGE " . -·- . ___ :r- ::zg:~"=='---;--~-' - . _· - . ----. - . - ~~~~ DCD/CATIDN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22~ 1976 ,., 11:00 A.M. PRDGRAWI 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 <INTERSTATE THE FIRST REAL PROGRESS WAS MADE AT A MEET IN G OF MAYOR ALBER TSEN WITH SENATOR 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<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 , ANllERSOo<; 1iORTrl SIO ~X CITY llY ALBERT l:: . STREETER; DAKOTA COUNTY BY ROBERT BLESSING; AND UN!Oi< COUNTY BY ELMER QuAM , THE S IOU X CITY PLANNING COM~11 SS ION WAS REPRESENTED ------ ~- BY JAMES S, lEPSE (DECEASED) AND LEONARD W, 0! ERKING, THE SOUTH SIOUX C! TY PLANNING THE RGEANT FLOYIJ 11 EMORIAL ilRIDG ( 1-12~. 1-5 A CON TINUoUS , COMPOSITE, WELDED ~ 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---:iJ EN~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 \iASHING TOH BY MR . ALBER sfi ND OTrlERS , TECiiNI ·-, STU 1· S ,;.. ·- ~ROV.JDU..A.IIO U J;,. 5L~E T OF VERTICAL OPENI NG AT ORDINARY FLOW DURING TrlE NAVIGATION l.j "v v~ '- ' '· · , SEASON, THE BRI DGE AND HIGHWAY CONNEC TIONS WJLL SERVE AS A U, S, HIGHWAY 20 BY-PASS ' FRO_, MEAST oF-Si"'UX'Cn v :C-'io WEST- or"Scmrrr..Steux CI TY-, TH E STRUCT~RE WILL SERVE AF~~~ - Ntr"FRelM THE GROWII<G AREAS OF MORI~JNGSIDE, BRIDGEPORT, AI RPOR T, KANSAS CITY, MissouRI. DoNALD M. 11EISNER WAS ~•~<: 1 e: ,- ~EAL~-S ' uFF, ~ ff -'S!OU*c-_ I~KOTA CITY AI<D CRYSTAL lAKE, ~ . '"""'"' AND rlERBERT A, S POuo~ER~E TED HEI~IHNI>So&_ THE EFFO~ N~~E -I!Rt'DG'E AS LED BY TI'!F LEWis- AND. CLARK ~ IS T ORICAL AsSOCIATIOii, rlE I NEMA N RoPRESENTED_ i:lOWARO..-_!lEEDLES, :f.~M EN ANll BE v. "STRODE" rliNDS, PRESI-DENT. - ... ·-....,.. ........ ~--l.------ INDUSTRY and TRIJrCKING RCPRCSCNTATIVCS NCIWS MCDIA PARTICIPATING 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.