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Yellowstone River Bridge

Prairie County, Montana
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Yellowstone River Bridge

I won $100 for this photo and I didn't even know there was a contest going on were I posted it yesterday on the web!!! Dec, 26, 2012. this is the west end of the bridge.

Photo taken by Jolly Goodfellow in December 2012

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Description 

This bridge is an unusually configured Warren through truss--Spans 1 and 2 are continuously connected, as are spans 3 and 4, but spans 2 and 3 are simply connected. As a result, while driving across, it appears that the bridge has two very long simple truss spans.

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Overview
Warren through truss bridge over Yellowstone River on Frontage Road 114 in Fallon
Location
Prairie County, Montana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1945
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 286.1 ft.
Total length: 1,145.1 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 2010
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.85563, -105.11625   (decimal degrees)
46°51'20" N, 105°06'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/491138/5189128 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fallon
Inventory numbers
NRHP 09001187 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 23149 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2011)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 51.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
100

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Built 1945 (166)
Built during 1940s (2,796)
Have street view (9,891)
Montana (370)
NR-listed (2,353)
Open (28,310)
Owned by state (9,808)
Prairie County, Montana (7)
 Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,213)
Truss (23,568)
Warren through truss (926)
Warren truss (3,958)
Yellowstone River (26)

Update Log 

  • December 28, 2012: New photo from Jolly Goodfellow
  • March 10, 2012: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • March 22, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added Street View.
  • March 10, 2010: Updated by Matthew Lohry: Updated bridge type

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Yellowstone River Bridge
Posted March 22, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This really is an interesting bridge!