Ashton-Tetonia Trail - Bitch Creek Trestle

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Ashton-Tetonia Trail - Bitch Creek Trestle

Photo taken by Jerry Painter

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #465079

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Facts 

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)

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Update Log 

• January 19, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• 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
• Geoff Hubbs

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