Photos
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Distant View Of Bridge And Milk River, Facing Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Profile, Facing Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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North Approach To Bridge, Facing South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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3/4 View, Facing South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Southwest Bridge Portal, Facing Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Northeast Portal, Facing Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Between Trusses, Facing Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Upper Chords And Sway Bracing, Facing Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Portal Bracing And Bridge Plaque, Facing Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Pin-Connection At Sub-Divided Vertical, Facing Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Railing At Inclined End Post, Facing Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Floor System, Facing Southwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Milk River on CR 411 near Vandalia
- Location
- Valley County, Montana
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1910 by the Central States Bridge Co.; replaced 1989
- Builder
- - Central States Bridge Co.
- Design
- Pin-connected, 10-panel Pennsylvania through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 182 ft.
Total length: 311 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +48.35750, -106.90694 (decimal degrees)
48°21'27" N, 106°54'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 13/358739/5357793 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Vandalia
- Inventory number
- BH 37028 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 05/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 98.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
- 100
Sources
- HAER MT-59 - Vandalia Bridge, Spanning Milk River, 16 miles West of Glasgow, Glasgow vicinity, Valley County, MT
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com