Moyie River Canyon Bridge
| Moyie River Bridge | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Coordinates | 48°43′47″N 116°10′49″W / 48.72972°N 116.18028°W |
| Carries |
2 lanes of  US-2 |
| Crosses | Moyie River |
| Locale | Moyie Springs, Idaho |
| Official name | Moyie River Canyon Bridge |
| Maintained by | Idaho Transportation Department |
| ID number | 10035 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Steel truss - Deck |
| Total length | 1,223 feet (373 m) |
| Width | 27.9 ft (8.5 m) |
| Height | 424 feet (129 m) |
| Load limit | 36 metric tons |
| History | |
| Opened | 1964 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 2100 |
The Moyie River Canyon Bridge is a structural steel truss cantilever bridge at mile marker 70 on U.S. Route 2[1] spanning the Moyie River near Bonners Ferry and Moyie Springs. It was constructed in 1965 and it is 1,223-foot (373 m) long and 424 feet (129 m) high. The current bridge replaced an obsolete bridge built in 1923, directly downstream from the municipally owned Moyie Dam.
The bridge is the second highest in Idaho, exceeded only by the 476-foot (145 m) high Perrine Bridge across the Snake River near Twin Falls, Idaho.[2]
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Notes
- ↑ "Milepost Log State Highway System" (PDF). 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ↑ Fanselow, Julie (2006). Idaho : off the beaten path : a guide to unique places (6th ed.). Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-7627-4052-9.
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