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BNSF - Two Medicine River Bridge

Glacier County, Montana

Photos 

Crossing Two Medicine Creek: East Glacier park MT

Photo by Loco's Loco Co.

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #314189

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Description 

Railroad Deck Truss trestle

Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Two Medicine River on BNSF Railway
Location
Glacier County, Montana
History
Built 1900
Builder
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
Design
Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 1,000.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+48.45400, -113.21016   (decimal degrees)
48°27'14" N, 113°12'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/336588/5369121 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
East Glacier Park
Elevation
4885 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 51884 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

BNSF Railway (1,618)
Built 1900 (976)
Built during 1900s (7,935)
Deck girder (6,587)
Deck truss (2,047)
Girder (11,629)
Glacier County, Montana (19)
Great Northern Railway (399)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (258)
Montana (852)
Owned by railroad (14,122)
 Plate girder (9,140)
Railroad (16,986)
Riveted (2,775)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,597)
Tall Bridges (327)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (2,049)
Truss (38,302)
Unknown status (1,830)
Warren deck truss (690)
Warren truss (7,180)

Update Log 

  • November 30, 2021: Photo imported by Dave King
  • January 20, 2015: Photo imported by Ian Martin
  • March 26, 2012: Added by Craig Philpott

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