1911: (Archived Bridge Hunter, broken link;
Bridge Hunter)
1936: (Archived Bridge Hunter, broken link;
Bridge Hunter, no Historic Bridges)
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Darel Maden posted
US 95 Salmon River Idaho
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1911
I see gusset plates instead of pin connections.
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| BridgeHunter_1911, Credit: Idaho State Archives |
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| BridgeHunter_1911, Credit: Idaho State Archives |
1936
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| BridgeHunter_1926, 1999 photo by Richard Doody |
More 1999
When I saw this photo my thought was that you can't close the old bridge to build the new one.
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| BridgeHunter_1936, Credit: Idaho State Archives |
It turns out this was part of a 72-hour closure to move the truss over to act as a temporary bridge while the new one was being built.
US-95 was reopened 36 hours ahead of schedule. This is a good thing because the detour is 500 miles. [
idaho]
This photo shows the beams on which the 1.24 million-pound truss was moved 65' (20m) to the west.
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| BridgeHunter_1936, Credit: Idaho State Archives |
I presume the blue towers were part of the falsework to build the arch.
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| BridgeHunter_1936, Credit: Idaho State Archives |
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