NWP - Monte Rio Bridge
Photos
From Russian River Historical Society
Photo uploaded by Art S.
View this photo at russianriverhistory.org
BH Photo #484561
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Russian River on Northwestern Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Monte Rio, Sonoma County, California
- Status
- Removed
- History
- Relocated here 1909. Line abandoned 1935. Spans relocated 1937.
- Builder
- - Phoenix Iron Works of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Railroad
- - Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Also called
- NWP - Russian River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.46625, -123.01107 (decimal degrees)
38°27'59" N, 123°00'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/499034/4257549 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Duncans Mills
- Inventory number
- BH 69300 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 20, 2020: New photo from Luke
- October 19, 2020: New photo from Art Suckewer
- September 22, 2015: Added by Luke
Related Bridges
- Geysers Road Bridge (Parts reused in)
- Haupt Creek Bridge (Parts reused in)
- Gualala Road Bridge (Parts reused in)
- NWP - Bohemia Grove Bridge (Predecessor)
Sources
- Luke
- Russian River Historical Society - Image #1
- Russian River Historical Society - Image #2
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
Comments
While looking for info, I came across this picture in https://books.google.com/books?id=r0UqQ4oKpZgC&printsec=fron..., claiming it's a crossing of the Russian River at "Rio Campo"
Rio Campo is now called Northwood.
The SF&NP would've been absorbed by the NWP at the time.
They're the same pics with newer URLs. Note how the latter part of the strings are the same in both those and the dead links.
the image links no longer work. I found 2 in the RRHS photos of Monte Rio (well, they appear to be the same image, with some work done on one of them). Not sure if they're the same or not.
https://www.russianriverhistory.org/wp-content/grand-media/i...
https://www.russianriverhistory.org/wp-content/grand-media/i...
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ca/sonoma/nwp-monte-rio/
Luke,
Nice find!
I'm quite certain the text in the book is wrong and its the Monte Rio Bridge. I'd post it in the photos of this page. The image is probably pre-1923 but I think 'fair use' would be the safer option if you aren't as confident.
Regards,
Art S.