The Moyie River Canyon Bridge is a

structural steel Structural steel is a category of steel used for making construction materials in a variety of shapes. Many structural steel shapes take the form of an elongated beam having a profile of a specific cross section. Structural steel shapes, sizes, ...

truss A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure. In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembl ...

cantilever bridge A cantilever bridge is a bridge built using structures that project horizontally into space, supported on only one end (called cantilevers). For small footbridges, the cantilevers may be simple beam (structure), beams; however, large cantilever ...

that spans the

Moyie River The Moyie River is a long tributary of the Kootenai River (spelled Kootenay River in Canada) in the U.S. state of Idaho and the Canadian province of British Columbia. The Moyie River is part of the Columbia River basin, being a tributary of t ...

in the city of

Moyie Springs Moyie Springs is a city in Boundary County, Idaho, United States. The population was 718 at the 2010 census. Geography Moyie Springs is located at (48.724599, -116.193585). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total ar ...

just east of

Bonners Ferry Bonners Ferry (Kutenai language: ʔaq̓anqmi) is the largest city and the county seat of Boundary County, Idaho, United States. The population was 2,543 at the 2010 census. History When gold was discovered in the East Kootenays of British ...

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...

. Constructed in 1965, the bridge is on

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70. The bridge is long and high, and is a replacement for an obsolete 1923 bridge built downstream from Moyie Dam. The only higher bridges in Idaho are the Dent Suspension Bridge (500' tall) and Perrine Bridge (486' tall).

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National Bridge Inventory Database

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Buildings and structures in Boundary County, Idaho Bridges completed in 1965 Transportation in Boundary County, Idaho Road bridges in Idaho U.S. Route 2 Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System Steel bridges in the United States Cantilever bridges in the United States {{Idaho-bridge-struct-stub

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