Address
near 31-234 Hawaii Belt Rd, Nīnole, HI 96773
near 31-234 Hawaii Belt Rd, Nīnole, HI 96773
TMK
(3) 3-2-001:001
SHPD Historic Site Number
10-16, 26-9090
Abstract
Umauma Stream Bridge is a steel girder and trestle bridge with a total length of 281 feet and a roadway width of 28 feet. It is built at the deck elevation of 261 feet over Umauma Stream along the Hamakua Coast of the Island of Hawaii. The superstructure is composed of a concrete deck on steel girders, and the substructure is composed of c. 1912 steel railroad trestle supports with masonry (lava-rock) abutments. The Umaumau Stream Bridge is significant for its association with the Hilo Railroad Company. In addition it is significant for its association with three founders of the Hilo Railroad Company and as a representative example of early 20th-century engineering technology, as well as a source for information about early 20th-century steel manufacture and construction.
Umauma Stream Bridge is a steel girder and trestle bridge with a total length of 281 feet and a roadway width of 28 feet. It is built at the deck elevation of 261 feet over Umauma Stream along the Hamakua Coast of the Island of Hawaii. The superstructure is composed of a concrete deck on steel girders, and the substructure is composed of c. 1912 steel railroad trestle supports with masonry (lava-rock) abutments. The Umaumau Stream Bridge is significant for its association with the Hilo Railroad Company. In addition it is significant for its association with three founders of the Hilo Railroad Company and as a representative example of early 20th-century engineering technology, as well as a source for information about early 20th-century steel manufacture and construction.
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