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UP - Colorado River Bridge #9

Eagle County, Colorado

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Overview
Deck Plate Girder bridge over Colorado River and CR 301 on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Eagle County, Colorado
Status
Open to traffic
History
Approach added 1955
Railroads
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder with steel stringer approach
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 105.0 ft.
Total length: 303.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.78991, -106.97870   (decimal degrees)
39°47'24" N, 106°58'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/330576/4406312 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Burns South
Inventory numbers
EAG-301-02-RR
BH 63165 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,887)
Colorado (744)
Colorado River (57)
Deck girder (6,305)
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (181)
Eagle County, Colorado (58)
Girder (11,173)
Have street view (28,913)
 Open (40,969)
Owned by railroad (13,502)
Plate girder (8,728)
Railroad (16,460)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Steel stringer (6,712)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,511)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,474)

Update Log 

  • April 1, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • October 28, 2014: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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