Old Missouri River bridge goes to a good home
Posted on: Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 21:57 CST
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - When Scott Nelson learned an aging bridge over the Missouri River was to be tossed on the scrap heap of history, he did the only thing a lifelong preservationist could do: he offered to give it a home.
"I couldn't sleep at night knowing what might happen to it," Nelson said of the 101-year-old, 60-ton, 573-foot (174 meters), one-lane, steel-truss bridge over the Missouri between Helena and Cascade in north central Montana.
Montana's Transportation Department had been seeking a new owner for the bridge since 2003 and was all but resigned to its destruction when Nelson signaled his interest. They had offered it for nothing to anyone with the space and desire to keep it.
The bridge is slated to be moved to a 108-acre site west of Helena in the coming weeks, just in time for the opening of its $3 million replacement. Nelson is now looking for the $60,000 he needs to re-erect the old bridge on his property.
Source: REUTERS
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