Milwaukee Road Railroad Overpass

Photos 

Overview, East Side. View To West-Northwest

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost tee beam bridge over the abandoned Milwaukee Road Railroad on Orange Street in Missoula

Location

Missoula, Missoula County, Montana

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1936

Builder

- Thomas Staunton Co.

Design

Concrete tee beam

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 50.9 ft.
Total length: 209.0 ft.
Deck width: 29.9 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+46.87778, -113.99529   (decimal degrees)
46°52'40" N, 113°59'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

12/271769/5195938 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Southeast Missoula

Inventory number

BH 37059 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 06/2010)

Sufficiency rating: 81.3 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2009)

21,500

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 3, 2008: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

• HAER MT-100 - Milwaukee Road Railroad Overpass, Spanning Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, & Pacific Railroad Grade (Milwaukee Road) at Orange Street, Missoula, Missoula County, MT
• James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

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