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BNSF - Muddy Creek Trestle

Teton County, Montana

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BNSF Trestle Over Muddy Creek

View from the west

Photo taken by David Jones in August 2016

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BH Photo #362692

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Description 

This trestle is located about 1/2 mile north of the Teton River Trestle BH #72914

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Muddy Creek on Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
Location
Teton County, Montana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1913 during a realignment
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
Design
Deck plate girder trestle
Dimensions
Total length: 954.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.93503, -111.80807   (decimal degrees)
47°56'06" N, 111°48'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/439646/5309395 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Collins
Inventory number
BH 73449 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

BNSF Railway (1,618)
Built 1913 (952)
Built during 1910s (10,238)
Burlington Northern Railroad (523)
Deck girder (6,612)
Girder (11,656)
Great Northern Railway (399)
Montana (852)
 Open (41,449)
Plate girder (9,169)
Railroad (16,997)
Steel Trestle (153)
Tall Bridges (327)
Teton County, Montana (8)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,200)

Update Log 

  • February 11, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • September 1, 2016: Added by David Jones

Sources 

  • David Jones - david2jpix [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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