List of crossings of the Snake River

Last updated

Tetons and Snake River, Ansel Adams, 1942 Adams The Tetons and the Snake River.jpg
Tetons and Snake River, Ansel Adams, 1942

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Snake River , from the Columbia River upstream to its sources. Headwaters of the North Fork are at Big Springs near Island Park, Idaho, while Jackson Lake is at the head of the South Fork. These two forks of the Snake River come together at the base of the Menan Buttes.

Contents

Crossings

CrossingCarriesLocationCoordinates [1]

Washington

Railroad bridge Burlington Northern Railroad Pasco
Vaughn Hubbard Bridge US 12.svg U.S. Route 12 Pasco 46°12′56.68″N119°1′21.19″W / 46.2157444°N 119.0225528°W / 46.2157444; -119.0225528
Ice Harbor Lock and Dam Ice Harbor Rd./Monument Dr. Franklin/Walla Walla counties 46°14′54.61″N118°52′47.96″W / 46.2485028°N 118.8799889°W / 46.2485028; -118.8799889
Lower Monumental Dam Lower Monumental Road Franklin/Walla Walla counties 46°33′45″N118°32′15″W / 46.5623627°N 118.5374856°W / 46.5623627; -118.5374856
Railroad bridge Union Pacific Railroad Lyons Ferry, Franklin/Walla Walla counties 46°35′36.79″N118°13′42.64″W / 46.5935528°N 118.2285111°W / 46.5935528; -118.2285111
Lyons Ferry Bridge WA-261.svg State Route 261 Lyons Ferry, Franklin/Columbia counties 46°35′22.88″N118°13′9.89″W / 46.5896889°N 118.2194139°W / 46.5896889; -118.2194139
Railroad bridge Union Pacific Railroad Whitman/Columbia counties 46°33′53.97″N118°10′56.83″W / 46.5649917°N 118.1824528°W / 46.5649917; -118.1824528
Little Goose Lock and Dam Little Goose Dam Rd. Whitman/Columbia counties 46°35′7.17″N118°1′37.91″W / 46.5853250°N 118.0271972°W / 46.5853250; -118.0271972
Elmer Huntley Bridge WA-127.svg State Route 127 Central Ferry State Park, Whitman/Garfield counties 46°37′33.85″N117°47′53.75″W / 46.6260694°N 117.7982639°W / 46.6260694; -117.7982639
Lower Granite Lock and Dam Almota Rd. Whitman/Garfield counties 46°39′37.84″N117°25′42.23″W / 46.6605111°N 117.4283972°W / 46.6605111; -117.4283972
Red Wolf Crossing WA-128.svg State Route 128 Clarkston 46°25′28.37″N117°4′18.38″W / 46.4245472°N 117.0717722°W / 46.4245472; -117.0717722

Washington - Idaho [2]

Interstate Highway Bridge US 12.svg U.S. Route 12 Clarkston, WashingtonLewiston, Idaho 46°25′13.67″N117°2′9.53″W / 46.4204639°N 117.0359806°W / 46.4204639; -117.0359806
Southway Bridge Fleshman Way (Clarkston)–
Bryden Canyon Rd. (Lewiston)
Clarkston, WashingtonLewiston, Idaho 46°23′44.51″N117°2′26.99″W / 46.3956972°N 117.0408306°W / 46.3956972; -117.0408306

Oregon - Idaho [2]

Hells Canyon Dam Local access road Wallowa County, OregonAdams County, Idaho 45°14′34.86″N116°42′6.4″W / 45.2430167°N 116.701778°W / 45.2430167; -116.701778
Oxbow BridgeLocal access road Oxbow, OregonAdams County, Idaho 44°58′30.87″N116°51′21.11″W / 44.9752417°N 116.8558639°W / 44.9752417; -116.8558639
Oxbow Dam Local access road Baker County, OregonAdams County, Idaho 44°58′14.56″N116°50′8.07″W / 44.9707111°N 116.8355750°W / 44.9707111; -116.8355750
Baker-Adams BridgeBrownlee-Oxbow Highway (Oregon)
ID-71.svg Idaho State Highway 71
Baker County, OregonAdams County, Idaho 44°50′42.79″N116°53′49.89″W / 44.8452194°N 116.8971917°W / 44.8452194; -116.8971917
Brownlee Dam No road Baker County, OregonAdams County, Idaho 44°50′11.93″N116°54′5.3″W / 44.8366472°N 116.901472°W / 44.8366472; -116.901472
Baker Railroad BridgeRailroad Baker County, OregonWashington County, Idaho 44°21′48″N117°14′20″W / 44.36333°N 117.23889°W / 44.36333; -117.23889
Weiser BridgeSpur plate.svg
US 95.svg
US 95 Spur
Baker County, Oregon-Weiser, Idaho 44°14′40″N116°58′47″W / 44.24444°N 116.97972°W / 44.24444; -116.97972
Payette Bridge ID-52.svg State Highway 52 Malheur County, Oregon-Payette, Idaho 44°05′57″N116°56′54″W / 44.09917°N 116.94833°W / 44.09917; -116.94833
Railroad bridge Ontario, Oregon-Payette County, Idaho 44°02′04″N116°57′22″W / 44.03444°N 116.95611°W / 44.03444; -116.95611
IOntario Bridge US 30.svg U.S. Route 30 Ontario, Oregon-Fruitland, Idaho 44°01′30″N116°56′10″W / 44.02500°N 116.93611°W / 44.02500; -116.93611
Devo Bridge I-84.svg Interstate 84 Ontario, Oregon-Fruitland, Idaho 44°00′25″N116°56′29″W / 44.00694°N 116.94139°W / 44.00694; -116.94139
Nyssa Bridge US 20.svg US 26.svg U.S. Route 20, U.S. Route 26 Nyssa, Oregon-Payette County, Idaho 43°52′37″N116°58′57″W / 43.87694°N 116.98250°W / 43.87694; -116.98250
Railroad bridgepotentially impassable Nyssa, Oregon-Payette County, Idaho 43°51′56″N116°59′00″W / 43.86556°N 116.98333°W / 43.86556; -116.98333

Oregon

Adrian BridgeRoswell Road Adrian 43°43′51″N117°03′57″W / 43.73083°N 117.06583°W / 43.73083; -117.06583

Idaho [2]

Bridge US 95.svg ID-19.svg U.S. Route 95, State Highway 19 Homedale 43°37′16.5″N116°55′45.0″W / 43.621250°N 116.929167°W / 43.621250; -116.929167
Bridge ID-55.svg State Highway 55 Marsing-Huston 43°32′53″N116°47′58″W / 43.54806°N 116.79944°W / 43.54806; -116.79944
Bridge ID-45.svg State Highway 45 Owyhee County-Canyon County 43°20′31″N116°36′08″W / 43.34194°N 116.60222°W / 43.34194; -116.60222
Bridge ID-167.svg State Highway 167 Grand View, Idaho 42°59′44″N116°06′18″W / 42.99556°N 116.10500°W / 42.99556; -116.10500
C.J. Strike Dam Owyhee County-Elmore County 42°56′54″N115°58′36″W / 42.94833°N 115.97667°W / 42.94833; -115.97667
Bridge ID-51.svg State Highway 51 Bruneau-Elmore County 42°56′18″N115°45′03″W / 42.93833°N 115.75083°W / 42.93833; -115.75083
Bridge ID-78.svg State Highway 78 Hammett 42°56′32″N115°29′36″W / 42.94222°N 115.49333°W / 42.94222; -115.49333
Bridge I-84.svg US 26.svg US 30.svg Interstate 84, U.S. Route 26, U.S. Route 30 Glenns Ferry 42°57′07″N115°17′21″W / 42.95194°N 115.28917°W / 42.95194; -115.28917
Bridge I-84.svg US 26.svg US 30.svg Interstate 84, U.S. Route 26, U.S. Route 30 Glenns Ferry 42°57′10″N115°10′11″W / 42.95278°N 115.16972°W / 42.95278; -115.16972
Bliss Dam service road Twin Falls County - Gooding County 42°54′49″N115°04′14″W / 42.91361°N 115.07056°W / 42.91361; -115.07056
Dam Hagerman 42°50′31″N114°54′14″W / 42.84194°N 114.90389°W / 42.84194; -114.90389
Bridge US 30.svg U.S. Route 30 Hagerman 42°45′25″N114°52′25″W / 42.75694°N 114.87361°W / 42.75694; -114.87361
BridgeClear Lakes Lane Twin Falls County - Gooding County 42°40′15″N114°45′35″W / 42.67083°N 114.75972°W / 42.67083; -114.75972
BridgeBlue Lakes Grade Road Twin Falls 42°36′24″N114°28′32″W / 42.60667°N 114.47556°W / 42.60667; -114.47556
Perrine Bridge [3] US 93.svg U.S. Route 93 Twin Falls 42°36′01″N114°27′14″W / 42.60028°N 114.45389°W / 42.60028; -114.45389
Hansen Bridge ID-50.svg State Highway 50 Twin Falls 42°34′00″N114°18′03″W / 42.56667°N 114.30083°W / 42.56667; -114.30083
Bridgelocal road Murtaugh 42°29′58″N114°09′08″W / 42.49944°N 114.15222°W / 42.49944; -114.15222
Bridgelocal road Burley 42°31′42″N114°00′51″W / 42.52833°N 114.01417°W / 42.52833; -114.01417
Milner Dam service road Burley 42°31′31″N114°00′35″W / 42.52528°N 114.00972°W / 42.52528; -114.00972
Bridge ID-27.svg State Highway 27 Burley - Heyburn 42°32′17″N113°48′29″W / 42.53806°N 113.80806°W / 42.53806; -113.80806
Railroad bridge Burley - Heyburn 42°32′54″N113°45′53″W / 42.54833°N 113.76472°W / 42.54833; -113.76472
Bridge US 30.svg U.S. Route 30 Burley - Heyburn 42°32′42″N113°45′51″W / 42.54500°N 113.76417°W / 42.54500; -113.76417
Bridge I-84.svg US 30.svg Interstate 84, U.S. Route 30 Cassia County- Minidoka County 42°34′08″N113°37′46″W / 42.56889°N 113.62944°W / 42.56889; -113.62944
Bridge ID-25.svg State Highway 25 Cassia County- Minidoka County 42°34′52″N113°37′35″W / 42.58111°N 113.62639°W / 42.58111; -113.62639
BridgeBaseline Road Cassia County- Minidoka County 42°37′10″N113°35′15″W / 42.61944°N 113.58750°W / 42.61944; -113.58750
Minidoka Dam no road Cassia County- Minidoka County 42°40′08″N113°29′04″W / 42.66889°N 113.48444°W / 42.66889; -113.48444
Railroad bridge Oregon Short Line Railroad American Falls 42°46′38″N112°52′32″W / 42.77722°N 112.87556°W / 42.77722; -112.87556
Bridge ID-39.svg State Highway 39 (South) American Falls 42°46′42″N112°52′32″W / 42.77833°N 112.87556°W / 42.77833; -112.87556
American Falls Dam ID-39.svg State Highway 39 (North) American Falls 42°46′43″N112°52′32″W / 42.77861°N 112.87556°W / 42.77861; -112.87556
Bridgelocal road Pingree
Bridgelocal road Blackfoot
Railroad bridge Blackfoot
Bridge US 26.svg U.S. Route 26 Blackfoot 43°11′58″N112°21′56″W / 43.19944°N 112.36556°W / 43.19944; -112.36556
Bridge I-15.svg Interstate 15 Blackfoot 43°13′20″N112°20′36″W / 43.22222°N 112.34333°W / 43.22222; -112.34333
eastern Idaho
Railroad bridge Union Pacific Railroad Idaho Falls
Bridge John's Hole Idaho Falls
Bridge US 20.svg U.S. Route 20(Broadway St) Idaho Falls
Railroad bridge Eastern Idaho Railroad Idaho Falls
BridgePancheri Dr. Idaho Falls
Bridge Idaho Falls
Palisades Dam Swan Valley
Bridge Swan Valley

Wyoming

Jackson Lake Dam Teton Park Road Grand Teton National Park 43°51′27.53″N110°35′22.34″W / 43.8576472°N 110.5895389°W / 43.8576472; -110.5895389

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bruneau River</span> River in Idaho and Nevada, United States

The Bruneau River is a 153-mile-long (246 km) tributary of the Snake River, in the U.S. states of Idaho and Nevada. It runs through a narrow canyon cut into ancient lava flows in southwestern Idaho. The Bruneau Canyon, which is up to 1,200 feet (370 m) deep and 40 miles (64 km) long, features rapids and hot springs, making it a popular whitewater trip.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Salmon River (Idaho)</span> River in Idaho, United States

The Salmon River, also known as "The River of No Return", is a river located in the U.S. state of Idaho in the western United States. It flows for 425 miles (685 km) through central Idaho, draining a rugged, thinly populated watershed of 14,000 square miles (36,000 km2). The river drops more than 7,000 feet (2,100 m) from its headwaters, near Galena Summit above the Sawtooth Valley in the Sawtooth National Recreation Area, to its confluence with the Snake River. Measured at White Bird, its average discharge is 11,060 cubic feet per second. The Salmon River is the longest undammed river in the contiguous United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Owyhee River</span> River in Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon, United States

The Owyhee River is a tributary of the Snake River located in northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon in the United States. It is 280 miles (450 km) long. The river's drainage basin is 11,049 square miles (28,620 km2) in area, one of the largest subbasins of the Columbia Basin. The mean annual discharge is 995 cubic feet per second (28.2 m3/s), with a maximum of 50,000 cu ft/s (1,400 m3/s) recorded in 1993 and a minimum of 42 cu ft/s (1.2 m3/s) in 1954.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henrys Fork (Snake River tributary)</span> River in Idaho, United States

Henrys Fork is a tributary river of the Snake River, approximately 127 miles (204 km) long, in southeastern Idaho in the United States. It is also referred to as the North Fork of the Snake River. Its drainage basin is 3,212 square miles (8,320 km2), including its main tributary, the Teton River. Its mean annual discharge, as measured at river mile 9.2 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), is 2,096 cubic feet per second (59.4 m3/s), with a maximum daily recorded flow of 79,000 cubic feet per second (2,240 m3/s), and a minimum of 183 cubic feet per second (5.18 m3/s). It is normally transcribed without an apostrophe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bear River (Great Salt Lake)</span> River in southwestern Wyoming, southeastern Idaho, and northern Utah

The Bear River is the largest tributary of the Great Salt Lake, draining a mountainous area and farming valleys northeast of the lake and southeast of the Snake River Plain. It flows through northeastern Utah, southwestern Wyoming, southeastern Idaho, and back into northern Utah, in the United States. Approximately 350 miles (560 km) long it is the longest river in North America that does not ultimately reach the sea.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Boise River</span> River in Idaho, United States

The Boise River is a 102-mile-long (164 km) tributary of the Snake River in the Northwestern United States. It drains a rugged portion of the Sawtooth Range in southwestern Idaho northeast of Boise, as well as part of the western Snake River Plain. The watershed encompasses approximately 4,100 square miles (11,000 km2) of highly diverse habitats, including alpine canyons, forest, rangeland, agricultural lands, and urban areas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palouse River</span> River in Idaho, United States

The Palouse River is a tributary of the Snake River in Washington and Idaho, in the northwest United States. It flows for 167 miles (269 km) southwestwards, primarily through the Palouse region of southeastern Washington. It is part of the Columbia River Basin, as the Snake River is a tributary of the Columbia River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Payette River</span> River in Idaho

The Payette River is an 82.7-mile-long (133.1 km) river in southwestern Idaho and a major tributary of the Snake River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lost streams of Idaho</span> Group of partially subterranean rivers in Idaho, United States

There are two rivers in Idaho named "Lost", the Big Lost River and the Little Lost River. They are often considered separate streams, but both flow into the same depression and become subterranean, feeding the Snake River Aquifer. The rivers are located in Custer County and Butte County, in Idaho in the United States. Via the aquifer and numerous springs, they are tributaries of the Snake River.

The Pioneer Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Idaho, spanning Blaine, Butte and Custer counties. The range is bounded on the west by the Big Wood River, Trail Creek and Summit Creek, and the North Fork Big Lost River, on the north and east by the East Fork Big Lost River, Left Fork Cherry Creek, Cherry Creek, Dry Fork Creek, Saint Louis Canyon, and Champagne Creek, and on the south by the Snake River Plain. The mountains are located within Sawtooth and Challis National Forests.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Fork Clearwater River</span> River in Idaho, United States

The North Fork Clearwater River is a major tributary of the Clearwater River in the U.S. state of Idaho. From its headwaters in the Bitterroot Mountains of eastern Idaho, it flows 135 miles (217 km) westward and is dammed by the Dworshak Dam just above its mouth in north-central Idaho. Draining a rugged watershed of 2,462 square miles (6,380 km2), the river has an average flow of over 5,600 cubic feet per second (160 m3/s), accounting for a third of the discharge from the Clearwater basin. The river drains parts of Clearwater, Shoshone, Latah, and Idaho counties. Most of the watershed is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Some of the fish of the river include westslope cutthroat trout, rainbow trout, mountain whitefish, and the threatened bull trout. It also has smallmouth bass and a kokanee salmon run, both from Dworshak Reservoir. The North Fork drainage is home to grizzly bears, cougars, deer, moose, black bear, elk, grey wolves, and osprey. The river used to have a large steelhead run before the implementation of Dworshak Dam. The North Fork of the Clearwater is located within the Clearwater National Forest

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clearwater River (Idaho)</span> River in Idaho, United States

The Clearwater River is in the northwestern United States, in north central Idaho. Its length is 74.8 miles (120.4 km), it flows westward from the Bitterroot Mountains along the Idaho-Montana border, and joins the Snake River at Lewiston. In October 1805, the Lewis and Clark Expedition descended the Clearwater River in dugout canoes, putting in at "Canoe Camp," five miles (8 km) downstream from Orofino; they reached the Columbia Bar and the Pacific Ocean about six weeks later.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">North Fork Payette River</span> River in western Idaho, United States

The North Fork Payette River is a river in the western United States in western Idaho. It flows about 113 miles (182 km) southwards from the Salmon River Mountains to near Banks, where it empties into the Payette River, a tributary of the Snake River. It drains a watershed of 912 square miles (2,360 km2), consisting of mountains and forests, and valleys filled with large lakes and wetlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Big Lost River</span> River in Idaho, United States

The Big Lost River is a major river in the U.S. state of Idaho, about 135 miles (217 km) long.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Middle Fork Clearwater River</span> River in Idaho County, Idaho, United States

The Middle Fork Clearwater River is a short, but high volume river in Idaho County, Idaho, United States and is the major source of the Clearwater River, a tributary of the Snake River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Willow Creek (Snake River tributary)</span> River in Idaho, United States

Willow Creek is a 84-mile (135 km) long tributary of the Snake River in the U.S. state of Idaho. Beginning at an elevation of 6,568 feet (2,002 m) east of the Blackfoot Mountains in southeastern Bingham County, it flows generally north into Bonneville County and past Bone. South of the town of Ririe, the creek is impounded by Ririe Dam, forming Ririe Reservoir. It then turns southwest, passing between Iona and Ucon, before bifurcating into two distributaries, North Fork Willow Creek and South Fork Willow Creek, at an elevation of 4,777 feet (1,456 m). Both forks reach the Snake River north of Idaho Falls.

The North Fork Owyhee River is a tributary, about 30 miles (48 km) long, of the Owyhee River in Malheur County, Oregon, and Owyhee County, Idaho, in the United States. It begins on the east flank of the Owyhee Mountains in Idaho and flows generally southwest to meet the main stem at Three Forks, Oregon, 161 miles (259 km) above the confluence of the larger river with the Snake River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Little Regret Peak</span> Mountain in the state of Idaho

Little Regret Peak is an 11,090-foot elevation (3,380 m) mountain summit located in Custer County, Idaho, United States.

References

  1. Google Earth
  2. 1 2 3 Idaho Montana (Map) (2010 ed.). 1:1,425,600. State Series. American Automobile Association.
  3. Twin Falls Idaho (Map) (2003 ed.). Seeger Map Co.