The EJP County Line Bridge is a Camelback pony truss bridge located near

Hyattville, Wyoming Hyattville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 75 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 4.1 square miles (10.6 ...

, which carries Big Horn County Road CN9-60 across the

Nowood River The Nowood River (also known as Nowood Creek) is a river in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The -river rises in the Bridger Mountains on the southeastern side of the Bighorn Basin. The stream runs north through the foothills of the Bighorn Mountains a ...

. The bridge was built in 1917 by the Monarch Engineering Company. As the bridge was originally thought to connect Big Horn and

Washakie Washakie (1804/1810 – February 20, 1900) was a prominent leader of the Shoshone people during the mid-19th century. He was first mentioned in 1840 in the written record of the American fur trapper, Osborne Russell. In 1851, at the urging of ...

Counties, the two counties split the cost of the bridge, with each paying for one abutment and the two splitting the cost of the superstructure; this is the only recorded case of two Wyoming counties purchasing a bridge in such a way. Further surveys determined that the bridge is actually located entirely within Big Horn County. At long, the bridge is the longest Camelback truss bridge in Wyoming. The bridge was added to the

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in 1985. It was one of several bridges added to the National Register for their role in the history of Wyoming bridge construction.

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* Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming Bridges completed in 1917 Buildings and structures in Big Horn County, Wyoming Truss bridges in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Big Horn County, Wyoming 1917 establishments in Wyoming {{Wyoming-bridge-struct-stub