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Photograph of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge
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Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

From the record

“The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge is a steel bridge located in Troy, Montana, USA. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 27, 2006.”

Wikipedia article Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Lincoln County · listed in 2006 · category: Structure.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Crossing the Kootenai R at Riverside Dr., Troy, 59935
  • When was it listed? December 2006
  • Category. structure
  • Census division. Troy
  • National Register reference number. 06001178 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 295 acres in total. 63 started naturally. 22 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Natural63
Recreation and ceremony33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning21
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKootenai National ForestWHITE PINE
8 September 1995Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestLITTLE MAN
7 September 2004Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKootenai National Forest1333
6 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreKootenai National ForestTHROOPS
5 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreKootenai National ForestGRAVEL
30 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreKootenai National ForestBLACK OCTOBER
29 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreKootenai National ForestOLD HWY 2
29 September 1998Naturalunder an acreKootenai National ForestIRON GROUSE

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge: 4 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 unknowns, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Copper, Lead, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BearLead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Christmas Tree MineGold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Liberty MetalsZinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Milton GroupGold, Copper, Lead, SilverUnknown
RankinGold, SilverProspect
Troy AreaPlatinumOccurrenceUnknown
American EagleLead, CopperProspect
BlacktailLead, CopperProspect
WeyerhaeuserLead, CopperProspect
Montana MorningLeadPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this property

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Troy, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2014: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2006Thunderstorm WindTroy1 hurtA tree blew over and knocked a man off a ladder while he was doing construction on his home. He was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindTroy$4,000The Lincoln County Emergency Manager reported that thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and power lines in the Troy area.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindTroy$2,500A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm winds between 50 to 60 mph that caused tree damage and power outages in the area. The wind developed 10 to 12 minutes before brief heavy rain fell. They reported that the wind caused 4 big healthy fir and one yellow pine tree with a diameter of up to 2 feet to fall over. They also observed a few cottonwood trees with their tops blown off. A 200 person awning from a wedding was damaged while a part of the roof trim from the Bull Lake Fire Department blew off as a result of the wind. Timing is based on reports and post-radar analysis.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindTroy-A spotter reported multiple power poles down, along with power outages.
July 2006HailTroy-no account filed
May 2006HailTroy-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindTroy-no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindTroy-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lincoln County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Troy Jail0.5 miles2006

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 06001178 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lincoln CountyAll 9 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.