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UP - Menan Pegram Truss

Jefferson County, Idaho, and Madison County, Idaho

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pegram through truss bridge over Snake River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Menan, Jefferson County, Idaho, and Madison County, Idaho
Status
Destroyed by flooding
History
Built 1894 at Nyssa, Oregon; Relocated here 1914; Destroyed by flooding due to the failure of the Teton Dam June 5, 1976
Builders
- Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware
- George Pegram of Council Bluffs, Iowa
Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Pegram through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.75300, -111.98095   (decimal degrees)
43°45'11" N, 111°58'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/421027/4844907 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 83551 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1914 (849)
Built during 1910s (9,975)
Destroyed by flood (615)
Edge Moor Bridge Works (80)
George Pegram (28)
Idaho (552)
Jefferson County, Idaho (9)
Lost (28,575)
Lost 1976 (107)
Lost during 1970s (948)
Madison County, Idaho (5)
 Menan, Idaho (1)
Owned by railroad (13,506)
Pegram truss (30)
Pin-connected (4,729)
Railroad (16,464)
Relocated (1,035)
Snake River (60)
Through truss (16,839)
Truss (35,529)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,474)

Update Log 

  • November 19, 2018: Added by Luke

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