Railroad Bridge - Ponderay, MT
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N 48° 25.257 W 116° 29.965
11U E 537036 N 5363209
Just east of Highway 2, 8½ miles north of Ponderay, this bridge is easily seen from the highway and even has a little lane leading in to it.
Waymark Code: WMM4MM
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 07/20/2014
Views: 2
Now a Burlington Northern Bridge, this bridge was likely a part of the Great Northern Railroad, which built the line through the area in 1892. The bridge appears as though it is an original, from ca. 1892. It is a steel girder bridge with a pair of deep girders resting on three piers and a pair of abutments. The abutments and piers appear to be stone with a mortar parging coat. The bridge carries the railroad over a small creek that seems to have about seven different names, Colburn being the name at this spot.
This is still a very active rail line, with several trains per day passing over.
Bridge Type: Girder
Bridge Usage: Railroad
Moving Bridge: Not listed
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