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Dover Bridge

Bonner County, Idaho

Photos 

WestBridgeview 1

http://doveridaho.org/gallery/dover-bridge-replacement

Photo courtesy of Quayle Land Use Consulting

View this photo at doveridaho.org

BH Photo #212852

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Parker through truss bridge over UP and BNSF railroad tracks on US 2
Location
Dover, Bonner County, Idaho
Status
Replaced by a steel girder bridge in 2011
History
Built 1937, Replaced 2011
Design
Parker through truss with riveted connections
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 295.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+48.25219, -116.60951   (decimal degrees)
48°15'08" N, 116°36'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/528986/5344403 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Sandpoint
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
5,700
Inventory numbers
ID 10025 (Idaho bridge number)
BH 14835 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2009)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

8-panel truss (553)
Bonner County, Idaho (26)
Built 1937 (842)
Built during 1930s (12,199)
Dover, Idaho (2)
Have street view (29,293)
Idaho (552)
Lost (29,210)
Lost 2011 (515)
Lost during 2010s (3,630)
Owned by state (16,594)
 Parker through truss (1,417)
Parker truss (1,813)
Replaced by new bridge (19,843)
Riveted (2,574)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,078)
Structurally deficient (12,807)
Through truss (17,292)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,557)
Truss (36,060)
US 2 (51)

Update Log 

  • April 20, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
  • March 22, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added Street View and Corrected GPS.

Sources 

  • Nathan Holth
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • K. A. Erickson
  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Popular Mechanics - The 10 Pieces of U.S. Infrastructure We Must Fix Now
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Comments 

Dover Bridge
Posted November 20, 2009, by Chuck Ebel (charles [dot] j [dot] ebel [at] usace [dot] army [dot] mil)

Does anyone have a contact name and/or number of someone who works at UP or BNSF regarding questions about the bridge or a contact name or # for the contractor who repaired the bridge last year?