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Baring Creek Bridge

Glacier County, Montana

Photos 

View Of Downstream Side Of Bridge From East Bank Looking Northwest

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #119486

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete and stone arch bridge over Baring Creek on the Going-to-the-Sun Road
Location
Glacier County, Montana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1931
Builder
- A. Guthrie & Co. of St. Paul, Minnesota
Design
Reinforced concrete arch bridge with stone facade
Dimensions
Span length: 71.9 ft.
Total length: 71.9 ft.
Deck width: 24.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+48.67806, -113.59583   (decimal degrees)
48°40'41" N, 113°35'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/308921/5394919 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rising Sun
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
1,230
Inventory numbers
MT 1430008P0000000 (Montana bridge inspection record number)
BH 23044 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 47.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

A. Guthrie & Co. (11)
Arch (12,474)
Built 1932 (975)
Built during 1930s (11,951)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,183)
Deck arch (11,713)
Glacier County, Montana (19)
Going-to-the-Sun Road (4)
HAER documented (1,109)
 Have street view (27,851)
Montana (838)
Open (40,329)
Owned by National Park Service (484)
Owned by federal government (1,276)
Skewed (4,970)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,283)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,417)

Update Log 

  • April 20, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
  • August 2, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER MT-82 - Baring Creek Bridge, Spanning Baring Creek at Going-to-the-Sun Road, West Glacier, Flathead County, MT
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com

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