General Information
| Other name(s): | Manning-Rye Bridge; Curtis Lowe Bridge; Manning Bridge; Palouse River Bridge; Colfax Bridge |
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| Status: | destroyed |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Covered bridge |
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| Structure: |
Through truss bridge |
| Material: |
Timber bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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| Plan view: |
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| Structure: |
Howe type truss bridge |
| Function / usage: |
original use: Railroad (railway) bridge current use: Road bridge |
Awards and Distinctions
| 1982 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Colfax, Whitman County, Washington, USA |
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| Location description: |
Spanning Palouse River |
| Coordinates: | 46° 55' 42.16" N 117° 24' 55.06" W |
Technical Information
There currently is no technical data available.
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Manning-Rye Covered Bridge, spanning the Palouse River near Colfax, Washington, was built around 1918. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It has also been known as the Harpole Bridge.
It was a work of the Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad, an interurban electric railroad.
Its "timber housing protects a single span timber Howe truss which rests on timber pile abutments, encased with timber cribs." Although it is deemed a covered bridge, the top of the bridge was left uncovered to allow for connection between the locomotive and the overhead electric lines.
The bridge came into ownership of the Great Northern Railroad, and was used as a railroad bridge until 1967. It was purchased in 1969 by a private owner who replaced rails by wooden planking and used it for automobile access to their property.
It was located one mile from County Route 4, in the vicinity of Colfax, in Whitman County, Washington.
The bridge was destroyed on September 7, 2020, by the Manning Fire, a wildfire that was started by a downed electric transmission line.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Manning-Rye Covered Bridge" and modified on December 2, 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
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Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- : Spanning Washington. Historic Highway Bridges of the Evergreen State. Washington State University Press, Pullman (USA), pp. 147-148.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20052158 - Published on:
16/01/2010 - Last updated on:
02/12/2021
