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BNSF - Big Horn River Bridge

Big Horn County, Montana

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BNSF - Big Horn River Bridge

View from the east

Photo taken by David Jones in October 2016

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BH Photo #368611

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Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Big Horn River on BNSF Railway
Location
Hardin, Big Horn County, Montana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1911
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
Design
Steel Pratt Through Truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 155.0 ft.
Total length: 530.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.73653, -107.57480   (decimal degrees)
45°44'12" N, 107°34'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/299684/5067999 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hardin
Elevation
2884 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 45435 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

8-panel truss (389)
American Bridge Co. (1,522)
BNSF Railway (1,515)
Big Horn County, Montana (19)
Built 1911 (790)
Built during 1910s (9,678)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (537)
Deck girder (5,778)
Girder (10,301)
Hardin, Montana (1)
Have street view (27,072)
Montana (803)
 Open (39,987)
Owned by railroad (12,505)
Plate girder (7,985)
Pratt through truss (5,431)
Pratt truss (9,353)
Railroad (15,607)
Riveted (2,183)
Slab (2,081)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,236)
Through truss (15,200)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,879)
Truss (32,988)

Update Log 

  • March 22, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • March 20, 2019: New photos from Clark Vance
  • October 24, 2016: New photos from David Jones
  • May 31, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • David Jones - david2jpix [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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