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HCR - Wailuku River Bridge (Hilo)

Hawaii County, Hawaii

Photo 

Railway bridge over mouth of wailuku river

The original trestle bridge.

Photo from Drregor

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

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BH Photo #246886

Map 

Description 

Heavy rain and an earthquake are blamed for the crumbling of ten of the concrete bents. Presumably the replacement was the three span riveted Warren truss.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Stringer bridge over Wailuku River on Hilo Railroad
Location
Hilo, Hawaii County, Hawaii
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built as Hilo Railroad expanded up the Hamakau coast, collapsed 1923 Mar 31
Railroad
- Hawaii Consolidated Railway (HCR)
Design
Stringer
Dimensions
Total length: 420.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+19.72819, -155.08746   (decimal degrees)
19°43'41" N, 155°05'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
5/281230/2182748 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hilo
Inventory number
BH 55204 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (17,383)
Built 1909 (829)
Built during 1900s (7,948)
Hawaii (256)
Hawaii Consolidated Railway (13)
Hawaii County, Hawaii (99)
Hilo, Hawaii (12)
 Lost (31,828)
Lost 1923 (71)
Lost during 1920s (903)
Owned by railroad (14,149)
Railroad (17,010)
Replaced by new bridge (21,709)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,720)

Update Log 

  • January 14, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Hawaii Consolidated Railway", "Railroad"
  • January 14, 2013: Added by Fmiser

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Hawaii bridges - Article mentioning the bridge collapse.

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