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In 1920, the Custer county board of supervisors, asked the Nebraska state high authorities to rebuild the Sargent Bridge to meet state and federal specifications.<ref name=NRHP/> Funds were never appropriated to rebuild the bridge, but it was subsequently incorporated into US Highway 183.<ref name=NRHP/> In 1960, the route of US Highway was move a little to the east and the Sargent bridge was closed to public traffic.<ref name=NRHP/> It was subsequently acquired by the Middle Loup Irrigation District and, as of 1992, it provided non-public access to its diversion dam. As of 1992, the east web of the north truss had broken, but the bridge was still structurally sound.<ref name=NRHP/>

The bridge is considered historically significant because it is one of only a few multiple-span steel [[truss bridge]]s, constructed in the early 20th century, that still exist in Nebraska.<ref name=NRHP/><ref>{{cite news|title=Highway Bridges in Nebraska 1970 - 1942|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64500389.pdf|accessdate=23 August 2014|publisher=[[United States Department of the Interior]]|date=6 June 1992}}</ref>

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