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Big Hell Canyon RR Bridge

Yavapai County, Arizona
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Big Hell Canyon RR Bridge

A southbound piggyback train en route to Phoenix crosses the Hell Canyon RR Bridge at Drake, AZ

Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in May 2008

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Overview
Bridge over Hell Canyon on Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (former AT&SF RR)
Location
Drake, Yavapai County, Arizona
Status
Open to traffic
Builders
- D.W. Wilson, Supt.
- Mississippi Valley Bridge Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas
Design
Trestle
Dimensions
Total length: 646.0 ft.
Also called
Hell Canyon RR Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.97777, -112.38125   (decimal degrees)
34°58'40" N, 112°22'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/373919/3871449 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Paulden
Inventory number
BH 46687 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arizona (154)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (89)
Built 1901 (283)
Built during 1900s (4,268)
D.W. Wilson, Supt. (1)
Deck girder (1,831)
Drake, Arizona (1)
Girder (3,287)
 Mississippi Valley Bridge Co. (2)
Open (28,453)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
Plate girder (2,285)
Railroad (4,223)
Tall Bridges (163)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,819)
Yavapai County, Arizona (18)

Update Log 

  • March 31, 2011: New photo from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
  • October 25, 2010: Added by Alexander D. Mitchell IV

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