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Image: WA-504 St. Helens Bridge after 1980 eruption

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Description: The 75-m (247-ft) St. Helens bridge on State Highway 504 after May 18 eruption of Mount St. Helens when it was washed out by the mudflow on the North Fork Toutle River. This steel structure was carried about half km (quarter mile) downstream and was partially buried by the mudflow. Man for scale by bridge girder.
Title: WA-504 St. Helens Bridge after 1980 eruption
Credit: Mount St. Helens - PP 1250 136 (original) The St. Helens bridge on Highway 504 was carried over a quarter-mile (alternative)
Author: R.L. Schuster, United States Geological Survey
Permission: This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only contains materials that originally came from the United States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. For more information, see the official USGS copyright policy.
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