Wolf Creek Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Craig vicinity, Lewis and Clark County, MT

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2 data pages
2 photo caption pages
1 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Wolf Creek Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Craig vicinity, Lewis and Clark County, MT

CALL NUMBER:
HAER MONT,25-CRA.V,1-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 6 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Color Transparencies: 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER MT-24

Building/structure dates: 1933 initial construction

Significance: Located on the Recreation Road south of Craig, it was erected in 1933 by W.P. Roscoe Co. of Billings. The bridge was the first continuous steel truss bridge built in Montana. Following its construction, the four-span bridge was the major crossing of the Missouri River between Helena and Great Falls in Lewis and Clark County. The structure was fabricated by the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company of Minneapolis, and the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company of Pueblo...

SUBJECTS:
MONTANA--Lewis and Clark County--Craig vicinity
civil engineering
transportation
bridge construction

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.mt0087

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST, GENERAL ELEVATION
2. VIEW LOOKING WEST, 3/4 ELEVATION
3. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST, 'BARREL SHOT'
4. VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST, PIER AND BOTTOM CHORD
5. VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST, PIER AND BOTTOM CHORD LATERAL BRACING
6. VIEW LOOKING SOUTH, GENERAL ELEVATION
VIEW LOOKING SOUTH, GENERAL ELEVATION

CONTROL #:
MT0087

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