Buckingham Coulee Bridge

Photos

View Of Bridge From Outside Ruins Of Henry Buckingham House; View To Northwest

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #313771

Map

Maps and Databases

Description

The Buckingham Coulee Bridge is one of the few remaining mostly intact examples of a treated timber stringer bridge in Montana that has not been significantly altered or had maintenance activities done to it that have compromised its structural integrity. The bridge is associated with the agricultural development of the Myers area of Treasure County. It provided direct access to Northern Pacific Railway station at Myers from U.S. Highway 10. It is also an excellent example of the type of treated timber stringer bridge constructed by the Montana Department of Transportation during the New Deal Years of the 1930s.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Timber stringer bridge over Buckingham Coulee on State Highway 311
Location: Treasure County, Montana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1936
Design: Timber stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 19.0 ft.
Total length: 21.0 ft.
Deck width: 26.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +46.28190, -107.25019 (decimal degrees)
46°16'55" N, 107°15'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 13/326651/5127829 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Myers
Average daily traffic (as of 2016): 170
Inventory number: BH 65498 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of February 2018): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 71.9 (out of 100)
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Update Log

January 15, 2015: Added by Dave King

Sources

Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
HAER MT-107 - Buckingham Coulee Bridge, Spanning Buckingham Coulee at State Secondary Highway 311, Hysham, Treasure County, MT