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Bitterroot Railroad Bridge

Ravalli County, Montana
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The top of the bridge, looking south.

Photo taken by Matthew Harris in August 2010

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Description 

This bridge carries Montana Rail Link traffic on the route from Missoula to the southern Bitterroot Valley. The Montana Rail Link line through the Bitterroot Valley is still functional, but trains use it very rarely: I can only think of one or two that I have seen in the last year. So this bridge does not get much traffic.

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Bitterroot River on Railroad
Location
Ravalli County, Montana
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Main span: Warren pony truss with vertical endposts
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.19827, -114.16804   (decimal degrees)
46°11'54" N, 114°10'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/718496/5119975 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
3600 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Hamilton South
Inventory number
BH 45858 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Have street view (10,035)
Montana (373)
Open (28,454)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
Pony truss (13,212)
Railroad (4,223)
 Ravalli County, Montana (8)
Truss (23,615)
Vertical endposts (21)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren truss (3,959)

Update Log 

  • March 26, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • March 25, 2012: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • August 11, 2010: Added by Matthew Harris

Sources 

  • Matthew Harris - mnharris [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu

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