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UP - Brush Creek Bridge

Eagle County, Colorado

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in July 2017

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BH Photo #399304

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Brush Creek on inactive Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Eagle, Eagle County, Colorado
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 70.0 ft.
Total length: 140.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.64682, -106.84147   (decimal degrees)
39°38'49" N, 106°50'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/342000/4390179 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Eagle
Inventory number
BH 63155 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,681)
Colorado (749)
Deck girder (6,398)
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (181)
Eagle County, Colorado (60)
Eagle, Colorado (4)
Girder (11,345)
Have street view (29,889)
 Owned by railroad (13,727)
Plate girder (8,875)
Railroad (16,665)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,548)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,344)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,483)
Unknown status (1,741)

Update Log 

  • April 1, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • August 6, 2017: New photos from Steve Conro
  • October 28, 2014: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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UP - Brush Creek Bridge
Posted April 1, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Awesome leaving the Rio Grande logos on the girders.