West Fork Bitterroot River Bridge

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Pony truss bridge over West Fork Bitterroot River on CR 701

Location

Ravalli County, Montana

Status

replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1940

Design

Pony truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 122.1 ft.
Total length: 170.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+45.80501, -114.26256   (decimal degrees)
45°48'18" N, 114°15'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

11/712707/5076027 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Boulder Peak

Inventory number

BH 23153 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 07/2006)

Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 87.0 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2002)

100

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Update Log 

• March 25, 2012: Updated by Craig Philpott: Corrected location
• September 20, 2010: Updated by J.P.: bridge has been replaced.

Sources 

• J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu

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