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Close-up of the bridge

Photo taken by Kevin Ferguson

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Facts

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Yellowstone River on Artist Point Road
Location: Park County, Wyoming
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1962
Design: Open-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Span length: 148.0 ft.
Total length: 148.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.70804, -110.50247 (decimal degrees)
44°42'29" N, 110°30'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 12/539411/4950638 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Crystal Falls
Inventory number: BH 35798 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2010): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 55.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008): 2,000

Update Log

December 4, 2006: Posted photos from Kevin Ferguson

Sources

Kevin Ferguson - fergusk2 [at] slu [dot] edu

Comments

Artist Point Bridge

Posted July 15, 2007, by Diane Papineau (diane [dot] papineau [at] myportal [dot] montana [dot] edu)

Hi,

I'm finishing a graduate degree focused on the history of the Canyon area in Yellowstone. The bridge you have shown is called "Canyon Bridge." It spans Jay Creek as it joins the Yellowstone River. It is not part of the Artist Point road.

Chittenden Memorial Bridge spans the Yellowstone River at the start of the Artist Point Road.

Many history books on Yellowstone will corroborate this information (books by Haines, Whittlesey, etc.) as will my thesis which should be finished this fall. It will be downloadable from the Montana State University website.

Diane