Photos
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking Northeast, General Elevation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking Northwest, General Elevation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking Northeast, 3/4 Elevation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking East, General Elevation Of Three South Trusses Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking Southeast, 3/4 Elevation Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking Northeast, 3/4 Elevation Showing Lift Span And Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking Northwest, Showing North Tower And Pier Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking East, Elevation Of Vertical Lift Span Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking South, 'Barrel Shot' Through North Portal Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking North, 'Barrel Shot' Showing South Portal And Lift Tower Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking North, 'Barrel Shot' From Deck Of Lift Span Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of North Lift Tower From Hoist House Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking Northeast, 3/4 Elevation Of South Lift Tower Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking North, Top Chords And Lateral Bracing From North Lift Tower Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking North, Elevation Of Hoist House Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking South, Elevation Of Hoist Mechanism House Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Tension Cable For Lift Mechanism Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Interior Of Hoist House Showing Control Mechanism For Machinery Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Interior Of Hoist House Showing Diesel Engine For Lift Machinery Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking South, Showing Gearing Mechanism Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Looking Southeast, Showing Gearing Mechanism Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Mark Frazier |
Facts
- Overview
- Vertical-lift through truss bridge over the Missouri River on the BNSF Railroad
- Location
- Richland County, Montana
- Status
- Open to railroad traffic
- History
- Built 1914; retrofitted to also allow vehicular toll traffic in 1925
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Union Bridge & Construction Co.
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Also called
- Nohly Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +48.00059, -104.09554 (decimal degrees)
48°00'02" N, 104°05'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 13/567467/5316761 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Bainville SE
- Inventory number
- BH 37051 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER MT-27 - Snowden Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Nohly vicinity, Richland County, MT
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- Mark Frazier - mfrazier [at] kc [dot] rr [dot] com