1927+1976 Perrine Memorial Bridge over Snake River at Twin Falls, ID

(Bridge Hunter broke Mar 22, 2023; Satellite, 7,207 photos)

"Opened in 1976, the distinctive brown structure was a replacement for the 476 foot (145 m) high Twin Falls-Jerome bridge, a colossal 2-lane cantilever that was the third highest bridge in the world upon its opening in 1927." It has a pedestrian walkway on each side. [VisitSouthIdaho]

Idaho Magazine posted
Perrine Bridge in Twin Falls. ~Photo by Kim Allen-Cameron.

 

By Colourpicture Publishers, Inc. - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Twin-Falls-Idaho-Jerome-County-Perrine-Memorial-Bridge-1950s-Postcard-/302405935370?hash=item4668cc610a:g:b54AAOSw8GhZhfBv, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=90131029
"Original cantilever bridge, from a 1950s postcard"

GribbleNation, this web site has several more photos of the bridge
"Carrying US 93 some 1500 feet across and 486 feet above the Snake River, the Perrine Bridge is the eighth tallest bridge and the fourth highest arch bridge in the United States. Opened in 1976, the distinctive brown arch bridge was a replacement for the 476 foot high Twin Falls Jerome Intercounty Bridge....Locals say the bridge has always been known as the Perrine Bridge because of the man who was instrumental in getting it built. The bridge was originally officially known by a number, Bridge 17-850, but the bridge was officially named for Ira Burton 'I.B.' Perrine in 2000."
It carries 32,000 vehicles per day.
There was base jumping here. "This is also in the general area of where Evel Knievel made his famous and unsuccessful attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon on September 8, 1974. To the east of the bridge, along the south rim of the canyon, the dirt ramp used by Evel Knievel when he unsuccessfully attempted to jump the canyon on his steam-powered "skycycle" in 1974 is still visible. A malfunction had caused Knievel to fall to the rocks of the Snake River Canyon, but fortunately, his only injuries consisted of facial cuts and minor bruises....On September 16, 2016, stuntman Eddie Braun did what Evel Knievel did not, successfully jumping the Snake River Canyon in a rocket motorcycle built by the son of the man who built the original rocket motorcycle. "

 

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"Construction of the Perrine Bridge started in April 1973, with early work dedicated to fixing and shoring several rock faces surrounding the bridge foundations. An overhead cableway, anchored by two 200-foot towers, was the backbone of the construction project to deliver a large portion of the bridge into the canyon throughout the three-year project, said Bill Merritt, former ITD engineer and project manager of the Perrine Bridge construction."