Barber Bridge, Spanning Musselshell River, Barber, Golden Valley County, MT
Summary
Significance: In 1911, on of the first act of the new Musselshell County Commissioners was to build for new steel bridges over the Musselshell River in order to connect the two halves of the county. One of those bridges is this 157', four span bridge built in 1911 by the Security Bridge Company of Minneapolis. The main span is a 98' pin connected Pratt through truss span. This span is approached from the north by three 19'8" steel stringer spans. Golden Valley County was formed out of Musselshell County in 1921.
Survey number: HAER MT-12
Building/structure dates: 1911 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Security Bridge Company
Smith, Travis, photographer
Amos, Christine, historian
Quivik, Frederick L, historian
Location
Barber, 46.31329, -109.38518
Source
Library of Congress
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