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Ashton-Tetonia Trail - Bitch Creek Trestle

Fremont County, Idaho, and Teton County, Idaho

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Bitch Creek on Ashton-Tetonia Trail
Location
Fremont County, Idaho, and Teton County, Idaho
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
built 1924, rail line abandoned 1984, opened to pedestrians in 2010
Railroads
- Oregon Short Line Railroad (OSL)
- Rail-to-trail
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 640.0 ft.
Also called
OSL Bitch Creek Trestle
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.95190, -111.15095   (decimal degrees)
43°57'07" N, 111°09'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/487888/4866541 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lamont
Inventory number
BH 59225 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Ashton-Tetonia Trail (3)
Built 1924 (679)
Built during 1920s (9,394)
Deck girder (4,963)
Fremont County, Idaho (11)
Girder (8,972)
Idaho (432)
Open to pedestrians (3,773)
 Oregon Short Line Railroad (31)
Owned by state (14,936)
Plate girder (6,827)
Rail-to-trail (1,383)
Railroad (14,228)
Teton County, Idaho (1)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,638)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,136)

Update Log 

  • May 25, 2016: Updated by Clark Vance: Corrected to Teton CO, ID from Teton CO, WY
  • January 15, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
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Ashton-Tetonia Trail - Bitch Creek Trestle
Posted May 25, 2016, by Anonymous

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