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View at sunset

Photos taken August 1999 by Jason Smith
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View from west

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Lost cantilevered through and deck truss bridge over Lake Sakakawea (Missouri River) on ND 23 near New Town
Status
Replaced by modern concrete deck girder bridge
History
Built 1954; replaced 2005
Design
Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 475.1 ft.
Total length: 4,483.2 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.98167, -102.55667   (decimal degrees)
47°58'54" N, 102°33'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/682320/5317151 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Sanish
Inventory number
BH 23537 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2008)
Superstructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 79.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
5,070

Update Log 

  • November 28, 2005: Posted photos from Jason Smith

Sources 

  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net

Comments 

Four Bears Bridge
Posted November 26, 2008, by Ian Anderson (macsignals [at] gmail [dot] com)

A steel cantilever bridge replaced with a concrete segmental box-girder, which are built using cantilevers. Technology may live on but material choices don't!

Four Bears Bridge
Posted December 11, 2007, by wadizlle (wade [at] aol [dot] com)

hi

Four Bears Bridge
Posted September 28, 2007, by Blaine E (berikson [at] bis [dot] midco [dot] net)

Old and new

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Four Bears Bridge
Posted September 27, 2007, by Blaine E. (berikson [at] bis [dot] midco [dot] net)

The ols girl is gone. I'll miss her.

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