EIRR - Ririe Bridge (A)

Photos 

RirieBridgeA

Photo taken by UltraSparky

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

Enlarge

View this photo on Wikipedia

BH Photo #343137

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Two-span Pegram through truss bridge over Snake River on the Eastern Idaho Railroad - East Belt Branch

Location

Jefferson County, Idaho, and Madison County, Idaho

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1894 as five-span bridge at Nyssa, Oregon; two-spans relocated here 1914

Builders

- Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware
- George Pegram of Council Bluffs, Iowa (Design)

Railroad

- Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR)

Design

Two-span Pegram through truss

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 25, 1997

Also called

Ririe Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+43.66639, -111.73869   (decimal degrees)
43°39'59" N, 111°44'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

12/440444/4835085 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Heise

Inventory numbers

NRHP 97000759 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 43955 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• November 2, 2021: New photo from John Bernhisel
• January 19, 2017: Updated by J.P.: updated location crosses county line.
• December 7, 2015: New photo from Luke
• January 29, 2010: Added by James Baughn

Related Bridges 

• EIRR - Lorenzo Bridge (Downstream) - One modern bridge between structures
• Hoback Bridge (Upstream) - Three modern bridges between structures
• OSL - Nyssa Pegram Truss (Parts reused from)

Sources 

• Luke
• J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
• John Bernhisel - Johnmbernhisel [at] gmail [dot] com

Comments