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BNSF - East Plum Creek Bridge

Douglas County, Colorado

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BNSF - East Plum Creek Bridge

looking south

Photo taken by AK Ween

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #464821

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Description 

Build date comes from Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bridge records at Temple, TX Railroad Museum.

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over East Plum Creek and Spruce Mtn Rd on BNSF Railway
Location
Douglas County, Colorado
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 297.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.21848, -104.88610   (decimal degrees)
39°13'07" N, 104°53'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/509832/4341028 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 87756 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (451)
BNSF Railway (1,515)
Beam (15,799)
Built 1906 (624)
Built during 1900s (7,251)
Colorado (692)
Deck girder (5,775)
Douglas County, Colorado (6)
Girder (10,295)
 Have street view (27,060)
Open (39,975)
Owned by railroad (12,493)
Plate girder (7,979)
Railroad (15,600)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,453)
Timber stringer (4,027)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,256)

Update Log 

  • April 1, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information from ATSF Bridge Records
  • January 11, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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BNSF - East Plum Creek Bridge
Posted April 1, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Nice touch leaving the Santa Fe logos on the bridge.