BG&CM - Orofino Creek Bridge

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• View #1

Description 

See Engineering News 1897/07/08, p23+ & centerfold for background and drawings. Also EN 1897/07/15, p45+ & centerfold for related designs.

Facts 

Overview

Pony/through plate-lattice girder bridge over Orofino Creek on Railroad (BG&CM)

Location

Orofino, Clearwater County, Idaho

Status

Open to traffic

Builder

- Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Railroads

- Bountiful Grain & Craig Mountain Railroad (BG&CM)
- Camas Prairie Railroad (CSP)
- Great Northwest Railroad (GRNW)
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)

Design

The original NP designed plate-lattice through girder span, combining plate girder construction at the ends, and a lattice girder in the center half.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+46.47673, -116.25397   (decimal degrees)
46°28'36" N, 116°15'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

11/557268/5147288 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Orofino West

Inventory number

BH 56588 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• March 10, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added builder
• March 9, 2018: Updated by John C Stutz: Updated description, added historical references.
• June 12, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

• Luke
• John C Stutz
• The Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer, Volume 32 - Book

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