Completed by the Benton Bridge Co. as a toll bridge to connect Judith River Basin trade with the Great Northern RR and Missouri River shipping. Chouteau Co. purchased the bridge in 1896. Vehicle traffic was closed in 1963.
Built in 1888 by Benton Bridge Co. as toll bridge. Chouteau County purchased 1896. The swing span was lost to flood 1908, and replaced with fixed span in 1921. Closed to traffic in 1963.
(Right descending bank to left): 75-foot Pratt through truss. 3, 175-foot Baltimore through trusses, 225-foot Pratt truss swing span (replaced with Parker through truss).
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 225.0 ft.
Total length: 825.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1980
Also called
Old Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.81701, -110.66593(decimal degrees) 47°49'01" N, 110°39'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")