Judith River Bridge, Spanning Judith River, Moore, Fergus County, MT
Summary
Significance: Fergus County, around the turn of the 20th century, was a rapidly growing agricultural area, especially for wheat production. The Judith Basin was the most bountiful section of the county, if not the state. This era saw a great expansion of rail service and a flurry of bridge construction providing for the movement of agricultural equipment and products. Most of the bridges from this period were built by the Security Bridge Co. of Billings...
Survey number: HAER MT-18
Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
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Tags
steel truss bridges
bridge construction
civil engineering
agriculture
grain industry
railroad industry
vehicular bridges
moore
judith
bridge
judith river bridge
judith river
fergus
fergus county
montana
historic american engineering record
jet lowe
kevin murphy
fredric l quivik
security bridge company
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Security Bridge Company
Murphy, Kevin, transmitter
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Quivik, Fredric L, historian
Location
Moore
,
46.97552, -109.69685
Source
Library of Congress
Link
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