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Bridge Substructure, South End West Side

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Concrete Rail, North End East Side

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Truss Member North End West Side

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Concrete Rail And Lightpost North End

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Name Plaque, South End

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Bridge Elevation, From West

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Connection Of Southern Truss And Approach

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Rail And Sidewalk, West Side

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Barrel Shot, North End

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Rail, Walkway And Lightpost, North End West Side

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Detail Of Truss On Northern Span

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Detail Of Two Northern Spans

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Detail Of Truss Joint

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Detail Of Truss Joint

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South End Of Northern Span

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View Down Sidealk On West Side Of Bridge

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Facts

Overview: Lost five-span Parker through truss bridge over Kootenai River on US 95 in Bonners Ferry
Location: Bonners Ferry, Boundary County, Idaho
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1932-33; rehabilitated 1970; replaced 1984
Builders: - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Puget Construction Co.
Design: Five riveted Parker through trusses
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 180 ft.
Total length: 1,256 ft.
Deck width: 20 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +48.69833, -116.31167 (decimal degrees)
48°41'54" N, 116°18'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 11/550649/5394150 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Bonners Ferry
Inventory number: BH 36934 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

July 26, 2008: Added by James Baughn

Sources

James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
HAER ID-5 - Bonner's Ferry Bridge, Spanning Kootenai River, Bonners Ferry, Boundary County, ID

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