Metaline Falls Bridge - Metaline Falls, WA
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N 48° 51.956 W 117° 22.553
11U E 472433 N 5412620
This bridge carries Highway 31 over the Pend Oreille River at the old mining town of Metaline Falls just a few miles south of the Canada-US border.
Waymark Code: WMNM07
Location: Washington, United States
Date Posted: 03/31/2015
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With construction of the bridge beginning in 1950, it was completed in 1951. In design it is a steel Warren deck truss of 695.9 feet in total length. The longest span is 240.2 feet while the deck is 26.2 feet in width. Along the deck are precast concrete posts and railing, with heavy corner posts. Each corner post on the right side of the bridge carries its date of construction - 1951 - embossed in the concrete.

One may park just off the south side of the bridge on the west side.

Bridge data is from Bridge Hunter
Date Built: 01/01/1951

Length of Span:
695.9 feet

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http://bridgehunter.com/wa/pend-oreille/3749A0000000/

Parking Coordinates:: Not Listed
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