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Tongue River Bridge

Custer County, Montana

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Detail Of Manufacturer'S Date Plaque And Portal Bracing

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View Looking Southwest, 3/4 'Barrel Shot' Showing Portal Bracing

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View Looking Southeast, Underside Of Deck Showing Lower Chord And Lateral Bracing

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Tongue River on CR 054 in Miles City
Location
Miles City, Custer County, Montana
Status
Replaced by a moden bridge on current site
History
Built 1897 by W.S. Hewett & Co.
Builder
- W.S. Hewett & Co.
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 237.9 ft.
Total length: 348.1 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.39917, -105.85444   (decimal degrees)
46°23'57" N, 105°51'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/434315/5138753 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Miles City
Inventory number
BH 23006 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2005)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 24.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
100

Categories 

19th Century (1,838)
Built 1897 (72)
Built during 1890s (695)
Corrugated deck (522)
Custer County, Montana (5)
Formerly NR-eligible (76)
HAER documented (348)
Lost (856)
Miles City, Montana (1)
Montana (277)
Owned by county (14,295)
Pennsylvania truss (120)
Pin-connected (483)
Replaced by new bridge (700)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,031)
Structurally deficient (10,853)
Through truss (5,419)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,146)
Truss (16,067)
W.S. Hewett & Co. (2)

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Tongue River Bridge
Posted August 19, 2008, by Jeff S. Shelton (jshelton [at] northwind-inc [dot] com)

This bridge has been torn down and replaced with a two-lane concrete bridge.

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