First Bismarck Railroad Bridge

Photos

Photocopy From George S. Morison's The Bismark Bridge, 1883. North Web And East Portal Of Bridge

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #123080

Overview: Lost through and deck truss bridge over the Missouri River carrying the Northern Pacific Railway in Bismarck
Location: Bismarck, Burleigh County, North Dakota, and Morton County, North Dakota
Status: Orginal Whipple truss spans replaced with through Warren truss spans, reusing the original piers
History: Built in 1882 under the direction of George Morison; superstructure replaced 1905
Builders: - Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan
- George S. Morison of New Bedford, Massachusetts (Chief engineer)
- Rust & Coolidge of Chicago, Illinois
Railroad: - Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
Design: Whipple through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +46.81789, -100.82699 (decimal degrees)
46°49'04" N, 100°49'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 14/360631/5186547 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Bismarck
Inventory number: BH 37369 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

August 18, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added categories "Northern Pacific Railroad", "railroad"
March 10, 2012: New photos from Craig Philpott
September 7, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

Kim Harvey
HAER ND-2 - Bismarck Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Bismarck, Burleigh County, ND
Dept Mineral Resources ND newsletter - History and photos of bridge
Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com