User:MountainRail/Draft Marent Gulch Trestle
Marent Gulch Bridge | |
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 Wood engraving of the original wooden trestle, replaced in 1885 by the current iron bridge | |
| Coordinates | 47°00′12″N 114°07′24″W / 47.00333°N 114.12333°W |
| Carries | Montana Rail Link |
| Locale | Missoula, Montana |
| Characteristics | |
| Material | Iron |
| Total length | 796 feet (243 m) |
| Height | 227 feet (69 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1885 |
| Location | |
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The Marent Gulch Bridge is an historic iron railroad bridge located approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Missoula, Montana. The current bridge is the second bridge constructed at the location. The first was a wooden trestle constructed by the Northern Pacific Railway in 1883. This bridge was soon replaced with an iron structure in 1885 to address structural issues and increase resistance to fire.[1] At the time of the wooden trestle's construction, it was the "highest wooden trestle railroad bridge in the world".[2]
Original bridge
[edit]Replacement
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Association of Engineering Societies 1889, pp. 177–178.
- ^ Cohen, Maechling 2010, p. 47.
References
[edit]- Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) (1889). "Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies". 8 (4). Retrieved September 12, 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Cohen, Stan; Maechling, Philip (2010). Missoula. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738580784. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
- "Scientific American". 49 (26). Munn & Company. 1883. Retrieved September 12, 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Tyrrell, Henry Grattan (1911). History of Bridge Engineering. Retrieved September 12, 2013.