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Coram Railroad Bridge

Flathead County, Montana
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Facts 

Overview
Two-span Baltimore deck truss bridge over Flathead River on the BNSF Railroad
Location
Flathead County, Montana
Status
Open to railroad traffic(?)
History
Built ca. 1900
Design
Baltimore deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+48.40938, -114.05351   (decimal degrees)
48°24'34" N, 114°03'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/718039/5365997 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Hungry Horse
Inventory number
BH 37040 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Baltimore deck truss (14)
Baltimore truss (163)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (465)
Deck truss (955)
Flathead County, Montana (9)
 HAER documented (782)
Montana (370)
Open (28,314)
Pin-connected (1,521)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • March 26, 2012: Updated by Craig Philpott: corrected location
  • August 2, 2008: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER MT-20 - Coram Bridge, Spanning Flathead River, Coram vicinity, Flathead County, MT
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu

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