UP - Red Cliff Eagle River Bridge

Photos 

View from Water Street

Bridge is wide enough for two tracks, though only one tracks exists. Note "Rio Grande" painted on bridge. Rail line divides into two tracks at upper left (north).

Photo taken by Roger Deschner in July 2016

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

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BH Photo #432486

Map 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Pony/through plate girder bridge over Eagle River on Union Pacific Railroad

Location

Red Cliff, Eagle County, Colorado

Status

Intact on embargoed railroad line

Railroads

- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

Pony plate girder

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.50771, -106.37821   (decimal degrees)
39°30'28" N, 106°22'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

13/381513/4374026 (zone/easting/northing)

Inventory number

BH 82433 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• August 1, 2018: Added by Roger Deschner

Related Bridges 

• Red Cliff Arch Bridge (Upstream)

Sources 

• Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com

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