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Mears Memorial Bridge

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
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Photo taken by Chris Schmitt

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Overview
Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Tanana River on single track of the Alaska Railroad in Nenana
Location
Nenana, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1923
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Steel Fabrication)
- Col. Frederick Mears (Project Engineer)
- Ralph Modjeski of Bochnia, Poland (Chief Bridge Engineer)
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 700.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+64.56710, -149.07864   (decimal degrees)
64°34'02" N, 149°04'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
6/400408/7161841 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 38238 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Alaska (79)
Alaska Railroad (5)
American Bridge Co. (449)
Built 1923 (415)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Col. Frederick Mears (1)
Have street view (9,895)
Nenana, Alaska (2)
Open (28,313)
 Owned by railroad (4,046)
Pennsylvania truss (308)
Railroad (4,075)
Ralph Modjeski (27)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 500-1000 feet (313)
Through truss (9,210)
Truss (23,574)
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska (9)

Update Log 

  • November 18, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • April 25, 2010: New photos from Chris Schmitt
  • March 31, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: added street view

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Mears Memorial Bridge
Posted September 27, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

A bridge in Nenana... over the Tanana... makes me want a Banana... ;-P