Moyie River Bridge - Boundary County, ID
Posted by: T0SHEA
N 48° 43.631 W 116° 10.596
11U E 560553 N 5397455
This is a tall and long bridge - 464 feet tall and 1223 feet long. It carries Highway 2 over the Moyie River just east of the little town of Moyie.
Waymark Code: WMN9XY
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 01/27/2015
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Spanning the Moyie River Canyon and the Moyie River below, the steepness and depth of the canyon necessitated a rather large bridge. Such wasn't the case 92 years ago in 1923 when the first bridge on this spot was built. It was built across the bottom of the canyon and required an extra 1¼ miles of twisting and turning narrow highway down into the canyon and back up the other side.
This is a cantilever truss bridge standing on tall reinforced concrete piers in the canyon and has steel girder approach spans on each end.
Coordinates given are at the roadside pullout on the east end of the bridge which affords a great view of not only the bridge but the Moyie River Dam north up the river from the highway. Also, there are some informative informational signs on the bridge, the canyon, the river and the dam at the pullout.
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