Rating:
5 votes
Big Island Bridge
Photos
View Looking Northwest Toward South Web
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #160506
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Green River on CR 4 (Big Island Road)
- Location
- Sweetwater County, Wyoming
- Status
- Closed
- History
- Built 1909-10
- Builder
- - Charles G. Sheely of Denver, Colorado
- Design
- Two-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 155.0 ft.
Total length: 310.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.76432, -109.73527 (decimal degrees)
41°45'52" N, 109°44'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 12/605128/4624382 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Big Island Bridge
- Inventory number
- BH 44719 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 26, 2019: New photos from John Bernhisel
- February 18, 2015: Updated by Tony Dillon: status update
- January 21, 2015: Updated by Luke: Still extant
- April 3, 2010: Added by James Baughn
Sources
- HAER WY-79 - Big Island Bridge, Spanning Green River on County Road No. 4, Green River vicinity, Sweetwater County, WY
- Luke
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- John Bernhisel - Johnmbernhisel [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Big Island Bridge
we visited this bridge last summer. it is closed to traffic. we walked out onto the deck and found huge holes across the span... I saw no sign of rehabilitation or construction. It's a beautiful spot, with lots of birds - a nice oasis in an otherwise sparse area.
Big Island Bridge
I believe this bridge still exists via google earth
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I went and saw this bridge in March 2019. The road off the highway was pretty muddy so I parked my car and walked the 1.5 miles to the bridge. It was well worth it. Beautiful setting. Unfortunately there is a huge power line just north that made it hard to take pictures. Deck is bad, I walked across but wouldn’t recommend it. The Green River was shallow here, maybe 2 feet deep, but I’m sure it floods way out in this spot.