Photos
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View Of Upstream Side Of Bridge, Looking Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Downstream Side Of Bridge, Looking South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of East Portal, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of West Portal, Looking East Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Timber Deck, East End, South Side, Looking Southwest (Hot Water Line Shown) Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Bridge Date Plate '1910', East End, North Side (Riveted To Top Member) Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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3/4 View, Showing Diagonals And Tension Eyebar With Turnbuckle, Looking Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Guardrail, East End, North Side, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Typical Lower Pin Connection At Floor Beam, Timber Floor System, East End, Western Span, South Side, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Pier Support, Showing Typical Lower Pin Connection At Floor Beams, South Side, Western Span, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Midspan Pier Support (Cylindrical Concrete With Protective Metal Encasement), Looking Northeast, Upstream Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Pier Support, Looking Northeast, Upstream Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of West End Abutment, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Upper Chord Connection (Pin Connection With Eyebar), Center Of Eastern Span, North Side, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Pin Connection, East End, South Side, Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Steel Floor Beams With Tie Rods, Showing Sway Bracing, Support Timber Stringers And Beck, West End, Looking West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt pony truss bridge over Bruneau River on Hot Springs Road
- Location
- Owyhee County, Idaho
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1910 by J.H. Forbes & Co.; replaced 1989
- Builders
- - Hennepin Bridge Co.
- J.H. Forbes & Co.
- Design
- Two pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt pony trusses
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 60 ft.
Total length: 120 ft.
Deck width: 16.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.79167, -115.71889 (decimal degrees)
42°47'30" N, 115°43'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 11/604774/4738476 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Hot Springs
- Inventory number
- BH 36937 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- HAER ID-12 - Hot Springs Bridge, Spanning Bruneau River, Hot Springs Road, Bruneau vicinity, Owyhee County, ID