Bridgehunter.com | Wood River Trail - Cold Springs Pegram Bridge

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Photo taken by Elizabeth and Don DeLambert in March 2011

BH Photo #200313

Overview: Pegram through truss bridge over Big Wood River on a pedestrian trail
Location: Blaine County, Idaho
Status: Open to pedestrians
History: Built 1894 as part of a five-span bridge at Ontario, Oregon; one span relocated here 1917; rail line discontinued 1981; converted to pedestrian use 1984
Builders: - Edgemoor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware
- George Pegram of Council Bluffs, Iowa (Design)
Railroads: - Oregon Short Line Railroad (OSL)
- Rail-to-trail
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design: Pegram through truss
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 25, 1997
Also called: Cold Springs Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +43.65403, -114.34944 (decimal degrees)
43°39'15" N, 114°20'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 11/713740/4836861 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Sun Valley
Inventory numbers: NRHP 97000762 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 43960 (Bridgehunter.com ID)