Hot Springs Bridge, Spanning Bruneau River, Hot Springs Road, Bruneau vicinity, Owyhee County, ID

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TITLE:
Hot Springs Bridge, Spanning Bruneau River, Hot Springs Road, Bruneau vicinity, Owyhee County, ID

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ID,37-BRUN.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 16 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 8 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER ID-12

Building/structure dates: 1910 initial construction

Significance: The Hot Springs Bridge is the only multi-span, pin-connected Pratt pony truss bridge on the local Idaho highway system. It is important in Owyhee County history for its relation to events in local economic and agricultural development. The bridge is one of two public bridges which cross the Bruneau River. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

SUBJECTS:
IDAHO--Owyhee County--Bruneau vicinity
agriculture
civil engineering
transportation

OTHER TITLE:
Bridge No. 993370

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.id0094

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF UPSTREAM SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
2. VIEW OF DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH
3. VIEW OF EAST PORTAL, LOOKING WEST
4. VIEW OF WEST PORTAL, LOOKING EAST
5. VIEW OF TIMBER DECK, EAST END, SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST (HOT WATER LINE SHOWN)
6. VIEW OF BRIDGE DATE PLATE '1910', EAST END, NORTH SIDE (RIVETED TO TOP MEMBER)
7. 3/4 VIEW, SHOWING DIAGONALS AND TENSION EYEBAR WITH TURNBUCKLE, LOOKING NORTHEAST
8. VIEW OF GUARDRAIL, EAST END, NORTH SIDE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
9. VIEW OF TYPICAL LOWER PIN CONNECTION AT FLOOR BEAM, TIMBER FLOOR SYSTEM, EAST END, WESTERN SPAN, SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
10. DETAIL VIEW OF PIER SUPPORT, SHOWING TYPICAL LOWER PIN CONNECTION AT FLOOR BEAMS, SOUTH SIDE, WESTERN SPAN, LOOKING NORTHWEST
11. VIEW OF MIDSPAN PIER SUPPORT (CYLINDRICAL CONCRETE WITH PROTECTIVE METAL ENCASEMENT), LOOKING NORTHEAST, UPSTREAM
12. DETAIL VIEW OF PIER SUPPORT, LOOKING NORTHEAST, UPSTREAM
13. VIEW OF WEST END ABUTMENT, LOOKING NORTHWEST
14. VIEW OF UPPER CHORD CONNECTION (PIN CONNECTION WITH EYEBAR), CENTER OF EASTERN SPAN, NORTH SIDE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
15. DETAIL VIEW OF PIN CONNECTION, EAST END, SOUTH SIDE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
16. VIEW OF STEEL FLOOR BEAMS WITH TIE RODS, SHOWING SWAY BRACING, SUPPORT TIMBER STRINGERS AND BECK, WEST END, LOOKING WEST

CONTROL #:
ID0094

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