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CM - Indian Creek Trestle

Fergus County, Montana

Photos 

Looking east from bridge deck

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in May 2014

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BH Photo #283314

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Massive steel trestle over Indian Creek on Central Montana Railway
Location
Fergus County, Montana
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Central Montana Railway (CM)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 1,303.0 ft.
Also called
MILW Indian Creek Trestle
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.21518, -109.70386   (decimal degrees)
47°12'55" N, 109°42'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/598142/5229891 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Danvers
Inventory number
BH 56292 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Ballasted Deck (151)
Burlington Northern Railroad (461)
Central Montana Railway (4)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,025)
Deck girder (5,748)
Fergus County, Montana (28)
Girder (10,237)
 Montana (802)
Open (39,881)
Owned by railroad (12,424)
Plate girder (7,926)
Railroad (15,426)
Tall Bridges (324)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,883)

Update Log 

  • February 25, 2021: New photos from John Bernhisel
  • May 20, 2016: New photo from David Jones
  • May 9, 2014: New photos from Nathan Morton
  • May 19, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Burlington Northern Railroad", "Tall Bridges"

Sources 

  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
  • Chris Guenzler
  • Flickr
  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • David Jones - david2jpix [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • John Bernhisel - Johnmbernhisel [at] gmail [dot] com

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