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Elevation
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View From Bridge
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Approach
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Item Title
LocationSpanning Otter Creek at Grand Loop Road,
Yellowstone National Park, WY
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER WY-32
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N289).
Building/structure dates:
1935 initial construction
Significance: Otter Creek Bridge I typifies the early design philosophy of the National Park Service, which was to use indigenous materials to harmonize man-made features with their natural surroundings. This philosophy is embodied in many of the park's Rustic Style buildings and structures.
Subjects
Concrete Girder BridgesTransportationTourism
Related Names
Carnes, W. G.
Anguini, H. R.
Bureau Of Public Roads
Smith, Charles
Lowe, Jet, Photographer
Culpin, Mary Shivers, Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. ELEVATION
2. VIEW FROM BRIDGE
3. APPROACH
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