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Rairden Bridge

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Area
  
less than one acre

NRHP Reference #
  
85000414

Body of water
  
Bighorn River

Nearest city
  
Manderson

Built
  
1916 (1916)

Opened
  
1916

Added to NRHP
  
22 February 1985

Rairden Bridge

Built by
  
Monarch Engineering Co.

Architectural style
  
Pennsylvania through truss

MPS
  
Vehicular Truss and Arch Bridges in Wyoming TR

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The Rairden Bridge is a Pennsylvania through truss near Manderson, Wyoming, which crosses the Big Horn River. The bridge was built in 1916 by the Monarch Engineering Company. The bridge cost $30,986, making it one of the most expensive bridges commissioned by a Wyoming county government. The bridge was also the longest in Big Horn County's road system at 250 feet (76 m) and is the longest surviving county bridge in Wyoming. In addition, it is one of two Pennsylvania through truss bridges remaining in Wyoming. The bridge was replaced by a new structure and abandoned in 1979.

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1985. It was one of several bridges added to the NRHP for its role in the history of bridge construction in Wyoming.

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Rairden Bridge Wikipedia