East Bridge (former) – Billings to Lockwood MT

City:
Billings, Lockwood, MT

Site Type:
Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

“The far more substantial East Bridge on the Yellowstone River, which connects Lockwood and Billings, was built with WPA funds in 1935 and served for 58 years before it was replaced in 1993.”

Source notes

"Traces of New Deal remain in Montana," Billings Gazette, May 31, 2008

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 8, 2018.

Location Info

U.S. 87
Billings, MT

Coordinates: 45.796466, -108.469864

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