GLACIER NATIONAL PARK
Triple Arches Bridge (1927)
One of the most unique bridges along Going-to-the-Sun Road, this
three-span, sixty-five foot long bridge was designed in 1927 as an
alternative to a large retaining wall. It is constructed of reinforced
concrete and was built to span deep rifts in the mountainside where
Going-to-the-Sun Road traverses the continental divide, known locally as
the Garden Wall.
Photograph by Martin Stupich, 1990, National Park
Service, Historic American Engineering Record. [Library of Congress
reproduction number: HAER, MONT,15-WEGLA,12- (HAER MT-79-1)]
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