Bridge Creek Springs

The purpose of the park is stated in its establishing act signed into law by President Theodore Roosevelt on May 22, 1902. The park was to be an area "dedicated and set apart forever as a public park or pleasure ...

Fishing Bridge

The original bridge was built in 1902. It was a rough-hewn corduroy log bridge with a slightly different alignment than the current bridge. The existing bridge was built in 1937. The Fishing Bridge was historically a tremendously popular place to ...

Bridger-Teton National Forest

The Bridger-Teton National Forest is 3.4 million acres and is adjacent to both Grand-Teton National Park and the National Elk Refuge. The Bridger-Teton has three nationally dedicated wilderness areas, which include the Bridger Wilderness, the Gros Ventre Wilderness and the ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison

Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison, an outstanding example of British colonial architecture consisting of a well-preserved old town built in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, which testifies to the spread of Great Britain's Atlantic colonial empire. The property also ...

Higgins Avenue Bridge

The Missoula Marathon’s twenty-sixth mile crosses the Higgins Avenue Bridge and finishes on its north end, serving as one of many notable events in the river crossing’s long and storied history.

Several “Higgins Avenue Bridges” have been built over the ...

Idaho and Washington Northern Railroad Bridge

For over 100 years, the Idaho & Washington Northern Railway (I&WN) Bridge, spanning the Pend Oreille River between Box Canyon’s sheer rock walls, has stood as a monument to Pend Oreille County’s transportation frontier and industrial development. Completed in 1911, ...

Ione Bridge

Built during the Great Depression and completed in 1934, the Ione Bridge extends over the Pend Oreille River near the community of Ione, Washington. Renovations in 1967 replaced the wooden trestle approach spans with steel trusses but left the integrity ...

Usk Bridge

In the early twentieth century, the burgeoning timber industry hastened the need for a reliable river crossing in central Pend Oreille County. With a natural rise above the river in an otherwise flat landscape, Usk seemed the most promising spot ...

Newport's Interstate Bridge

By the first decade of the twentieth century, Newport, Washington, had already become a bustling town that served as a regional rail hub and a gateway to commerce with Idaho via the Newport Ferry. Yet in an age rapidly dominated ...

Metaline Falls Bridge

The Pend Oreille River put early residents of Metaline and Metaline Falls in a predicament. There were plenty of reasons to cross the river, but no easy way across it. The most obvious and reliable way was by ferry, but ...