Ririe B Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge Explained

Ririe B Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge
Nearest City:Ririe, Idaho
Coordinates:43.6622°N -111.7403°W
Built:1894
Architect:Pegram, George H.
Architecture:Pegram through truss bridge
Added:July 25, 1997
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:97000760

The Ririe B Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge is a Pegram truss railroad bridge which crosses the flood channel of the Snake River north of Ririe, Idaho. The single-span bridge, which carries a single track of the East Belt Branch, is long and wide. The bridge was originally constructed for a Union Pacific Railroad crossing in Nyssa, Oregon in 1894 and was relocated to its current site in 1914, where it carried Oregon Short Line Railroad tracks. The bridge's Pegram truss design was the work of George H. Pegram, the chief engineer for Union Pacific; as Pegram held a patent on the design, all surviving Pegram truss bridges were commissioned during Pegram's tenure with the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific railroads.[1]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 25, 1997.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Watts. Donald W.. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Ririe B Pegram Truss Railroad Bridge. National Park Service. June 28, 2014. February 20, 1997.