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	Toston Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Spanning the Missouri River, on an abandoned segment of old U.S. Route 287, at Toston, MT
Coordinates	46°10′19″N 111°26′34″W / 46.17194°N 111.44278°W
Architectural style	Bridge
NRHP reference No.	05000720
Added to NRHP	July 20, 2005

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The Toston Bridge is a site on the National Register of Historic Places spanning the Missouri River, on an abandoned segment of old U.S. Route 287, at Toston, Montana. It was added to the Register on July 20, 2005.

It is a steel, three-span riveted Warren through truss bridge supported by two reinforced concrete piers and by reinforced concrete abutments. It is 525 feet (160 m) long, with three 175 feet (53 m)-long spans.^[2]

It crosses the Missouri River in an area where the river flows north.^[2]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Jon Axline (November 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Toston Bridge / 24BW8 14". National Park Service. Retrieved July 29, 2017. With four photos from 2004.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] Jon Axline (November 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Toston Bridge / 24BW8 14". National Park Service. Retrieved July 29, 2017. With four photos from 2004.

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-{{Infobox NRHP | name =Toston Bridge
+| name         = Toston Bridge
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+| image        = Toston_Bridge_(2012)_-_Broadwater_County,_Montana.png
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+| caption      =
-  | location=Spanning the Missouri River, on an abandoned segment of old U.S. Route 287, at Toston
+| location     = Spanning the Missouri River, on an abandoned segment of old U.S. Route 287, at Toston, MT
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+| architecture = Bridge
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+| added        = July 20, 2005<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref>
-  | long_minutes = 26
+| refnum       = 05000720
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-  | area =
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-  }}
-The '''Toston Bridge''' is a [[National Register of Historic Places|National Registered Historic Place]] spanning the [[Missouri River]], on an abandoned segment of old U.S. Route 287, at [[Toston, Montana]].  It was added to the Register on July 20, 2005.
+The '''Toston Bridge''' is a site on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] spanning the [[Missouri River]], on an abandoned segment of old U.S. Route 287, at [[Toston, Montana]].  It was added to the Register on July 20, 2005.
+It is a steel, three-span riveted [[Warren truss|Warren]] [[through truss]] bridge supported by two [[reinforced concrete]] piers and by reinforced concrete abutments.  It is {{convert|525|ft|m}} long, with three {{convert|175|ft|m}}-long spans.<ref name=nrhpdoc/>
-The placard reads:
-<blockquote>Norwegian immigrant Tom Toston established a ranch and ferry near here in 1871. Strategically located at the junction of the Helena-Gallatin Valley Road and the road to Radersburg, a settlement quickly grew up around Toston’s ranch. Soon the town boasted a post office, mercantile, hotel, and a smelter to process ore from the Radersburg mines. A bridge replaced Toston’s ferry in the 1890s, but by the 1910s it had become unsafe. Local residents petitioned the Broadwater County commissioners to replace it. State Highway Department engineer Charles A. Kyle developed a riveted steel Warren through truss design for this Missouri River crossing in 1918. Inexpensive to build and known for its durability, the “W” configuration of the trusses is its trademark. In July 1919, the county commissioners awarded a contract to the Billings-based Security Bridge Company, a firm known for its high quality work. The company employed eleven men on the project, many of them local. Among these was long-time Toston resident William Lorentz. A native of Pennsylvania, Lorentz came to Toston in 1884 working for the Northern Pacific Railway. A carpenter by trade, he also served as the last superintendent of the Toston smelter and helped build bridges for the Montana Railroad Company. Completed in July 1920, the Toston Bridge became an integral part of the community because of its location on the highway between Helena and Bozeman. During the 1920s, teenage girls would parade across the bridge on summer evenings for lack of something better to do. The highway bypassed Toston and the bridge in 1955.
+It crosses the Missouri River in an area where the river flows north.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=05000720}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Toston Bridge / 24BW8 14 |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Jon Axline |date=November 2004 |access-date=July 29, 2017}} With {{NRHP url|id=05000720|photos=y|title=four photos from 2004}}.</ref>
-.</blockquote>
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 {{National Register of Historic Places}}
+{{Authority control}}
-[[Category:Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana]]
+[[Category:Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana]]
-[[Category:Buildings and structures in Broadwater County, Montana]]
 [[Category:Bridges completed in 1920]]
+[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Broadwater County, Montana]]
+[[Category:Steel bridges in the United States]]
+[[Category:Warren truss bridges in the United States]]
+[[Category:Bridges over the Missouri River]]
+[[Category:1920 establishments in Montana]]

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