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Hells Backbone Bridge
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Hells Backbone Bridge
Internet photo/Uploaded by Steve Conro
BH Photo #218389
Description
Bridge acutally rests on a narrow strip of rock but there's a 1500' drop. Not for the faint of heart. Views are exceptional.
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete deck girder bridge over Sandy Creek Gorge on Hells Backbone Rd
- Location
- Garfield County, Utah
- Design
- Concrete deck girder
- Dimensions
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Total length: 109.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 1,500.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.98009, -111.60314 (decimal degrees)
37°58'48" N, 111°36'11" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 12/447031/4203777 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Roger Peak
- Inventory number
- BH 49895 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 19, 2014: New photos from Steve Conro
- October 24, 2011: Added by Steve Conro
in the late 1930,s my father was attempting to deliver a truck load of beer to a lumber camp between hells backbone bridge and Boulder. The road was slick from mud and he lost control of the truck at the bridge, jumping out of the truck before it went over. It went over the south side of the bridge where you can see a few old truck parts today. The mountain was so steep, they could not salvage anything.