Old Steel Bridge, Spanning Flathead River on Steel Bridge Road, Kalispell, Flathead County, MT
Summary
Significance: The Flathead River Bridge was the first large steel bridge constructed in northwestern Montana. As with many other late 19th century bridges, it replaces an earlier ferry operation. When completed, the structure provided access to Kalispell for the farmers and ranchers working the rich agricultural land in the upper Flathead Valley. The bridge itself is an excellent example of a pin-connected Pratt through truss of the type built in large numbers throughout Montana between circa 1891 and 1917. All of its structural components are intact and the bridge retains excellent integrity.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N813
Survey number: HAER MT-21
Building/structure dates: 1894 Initial Construction
Tags
steel truss bridges
bridge construction
civil engineering
lumber industry
agriculture
vehicular bridges
kalispell
steel
bridge
old steel bridge
flathead
flathead river
steel bridge road
flathead county
montana
jon axline
gillette and herzog
kristi hager
historic american engineering record
jet lowe
kevin murphy
fredric l quivik
lysa wegman french
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
infrastructure
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Gillette & Herzog
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Murphy, Kevin, transmitter
Hager, Kristi, photographer
Axline, Jon, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Quivik, Fredric L, historian
Location
Kalispell
,
48.18047, -114.23924
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html