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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.

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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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