Tongue River Bridge, Spanning Tongue River, Miles City, Custer County, MT
Summary
Significance: The bridge was erected in 1897 by W.S. Hewett & Co. of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bridge is the oldest existing steel highway bridge in eastern Montana and its main span is similar to the main spans of the Yellowstone River Bridge at Fort Keogh...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N944
Survey number: HAER MT-16
Building/structure dates: 1879 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
W.S. Hewett & Company
Murphy, Kevin, transmitter
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Fitzsimons, Greg, historian
Hager, Kristi, photographer
Axline, Jon, historian
Location
custer county, 46.40834, -105.84056
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