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Photos taken August 1999 by Jason Smith

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Overview: Lost cantilevered through and deck truss bridge over Lake Sakakawea (Missouri River) on ND 23 near New Town
Status: Replaced by modern concrete deck girder bridge
History: Built 1954; replaced 2005
Design: Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 475.1 ft.
Total length: 4,483.2 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +47.98167, -102.55667 (decimal degrees)
47°58'54" N, 102°33'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number: BH 23537 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 00/2000): Superstructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Excellent (9 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 79.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2001): 5,070

Four Bears Bridge

Posted December 11, 2007, by wadizlle (wade [at] aol [dot] com)

Four Bears Bridge

Posted September 28, 2007, by Blaine E (berikson [at] bis [dot] midco [dot] net)

Old and new

Four Bears Bridge

Posted September 27, 2007, by Blaine E. (berikson [at] bis [dot] midco [dot] net)

The ols girl is gone. I'll miss her.