Van Buren Street Footbridge

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Photo of the Van Buren Street Footbridge

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Overview

Bridge over Clark Fork River on Van Buren Street (Old Van Buren Street Pedestrian Walkway)

Location

Missoula, Missoula County, Montana

Status

Open to pedestrians

History

Built 1892 on Higgins Ave, moved to Van Buren Street in 1908, converted to pedestrian use in 1975, and rehabilitated in 2004.

Builder

- O.E. Peppard of Missoula, Montana

Design

Pratt through truss with inclined upper chord

Approximate latitude, longitude

+46.86697, -113.98367   (decimal degrees)
46°52'01" N, 113°59'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

12/272608/5194703 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Southeast Missoula

Inventory number

BH 46113 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• April 5, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
• September 26, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added builder per Montana's Highway Bridges book.
• September 23, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
• September 23, 2016: New photos from David Jones
• February 23, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
• September 27, 2011: New photos from Benjamin Cole
• September 11, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
• September 10, 2010: Added by James McCray

Sources 

• James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Benjamin Cole - mountainjam99 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
• Dana and Kay Klein
• David Jones - david2jpix [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Nathan Holth
• Richard Doody

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