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Keddie Wye

Plumas County, California
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Keddie Wye

Looking East

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in March 2010

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Video 

BNSF in Feather River Canyon

I chased a southbound BNSF manifest in the beautiful Feather River Canyon from the Keddie Wye to Binney Junction in Marysville, California.

Video link posted by Ed Hollowell

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Description 

Built by Western Pacific Railroad it was bought by Union Pacific in 1982. Burlington Northern Santa Fe runs here too.

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss bridge over Spanish Creek on Union Pacific RR
Location
Plumas County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
First leg built 1909, second leg, creating Wye built 1931
Design
Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 512.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.01886, -120.95819   (decimal degrees)
40°01'08" N, 120°57'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/674246/4431846 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
3287 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Crescent Mills, CA
Inventory number
BH 44358 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1909 (475)
Built during 1900s (4,269)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (480)
California (1,631)
Deck girder (1,835)
Deck truss (961)
Girder (3,292)
Great Northern Railway (91)
Have street view (10,038)
Open (28,458)
Owned by railroad (4,123)
 Plate girder (2,289)
Plumas County, California (42)
Railroad (4,226)
Tall Bridges (163)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,820)
Truss (23,618)
Union Pacific Railroad (834)
Warren deck truss (343)
Warren truss (3,959)
Western Pacific Railroad (4)

Update Log 

  • February 21, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Western Pacific Railroad", "Railroad"
  • August 25, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • March 12, 2010: New video from Ed Hollowell
  • March 7, 2010: Updated by Ed Hollowell: Notes on ownership.
  • March 7, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott

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