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Snowden Bridge

Richland County, Montana

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View Looking Northeast, General Elevation

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View Looking Northeast, 3/4 Elevation

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View Looking East, General Elevation Of Three South Trusses

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View Looking Northeast, 3/4 Elevation Showing Lift Span And

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View Looking Northwest, Showing North Tower And Pier

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View Looking East, Elevation Of Vertical Lift Span

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View Looking South, 'Barrel Shot' Through North Portal

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View Looking North, 'Barrel Shot' Showing South Portal And Lift Tower

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View Looking North, 'Barrel Shot' From Deck Of Lift Span

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View Of North Lift Tower From Hoist House

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View Looking Northeast, 3/4 Elevation Of South Lift Tower

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View Looking North, Top Chords And Lateral Bracing From North Lift Tower

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View Looking North, Elevation Of Hoist House

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View Looking South, Elevation Of Hoist Mechanism House

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Detail View Of Tension Cable For Lift Mechanism

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View Of Interior Of Hoist House Showing Control Mechanism For Machinery

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View Of Interior Of Hoist House Showing Diesel Engine For Lift Machinery

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View Looking South, Showing Gearing Mechanism

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View Looking Southeast, Showing Gearing Mechanism

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Facts 

Overview
Vertical-lift through truss bridge over the Missouri River on the BNSF Railroad
Location
Richland County, Montana
Status
Open to railroad traffic
History
Built 1914; retrofitted to also allow vehicular toll traffic in 1925
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Union Bridge & Construction Co.
Design
Parker through truss
Also called
Nohly Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+48.00059, -104.09554   (decimal degrees)
48°00'02" N, 104°05'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/567467/5316761 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bainville SE
Inventory number
BH 37051 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (72)
Built 1914 (396)
Built during 1910s (4,414)
HAER documented (389)
Missouri River (61)
Montana (277)
Open (22,302)
 Parker through truss (314)
Parker truss (466)
Richland County, Montana (11)
Through truss (5,560)
Truss (16,277)
Union Bridge & Construction Co. (6)
Vertical lift (187)

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