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Avalanche Bridge

Teton County, Wyoming

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Avalanche Bridge

Casper Star-Tribune: October 7 1969

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BH Photo #459607

Map 

Description 

What started out as a Grand idea to span a 200ft wide avalanche chute quickly turned to over a Million... Dollars lost and pounds of scrap steel.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Steel through arch bridge over Glory Bowl Chute on Teton Pass Highway (W-22)
Location
Teton County, Wyoming
Status
Heavily damaged by avalanche during construction and later dismantled.
History
Construction began in 1969 but was not completed due to avalanche damage; bridge was dismantled in 1970.
Builder
- Eagle Construction Co.
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Total length: 400.0 ft.
Also called
Glory Bowl Arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.50111, -110.93799   (decimal degrees)
43°30'04" N, 110°56'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/505013/4816465 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 87120 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,095)
Built 1969 (113)
Built during 1960s (2,031)
Eagle Construction Co. (1)
Lost (24,713)
Lost 1970 (74)
 Lost during 1970s (773)
Steel through arch (216)
Teton County, Wyoming (22)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,223)
Wyoming (369)

Update Log 

  • November 2, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • November 2, 2019: Added by Tony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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