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EIRR - Snake River Bridge

Cassia County, Idaho, and Minidoka County, Idaho

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EIRR-Snake River Bridge

Looking SW

Photo taken by Royce and Bobette Haley in August 2014

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BH Photo #297011

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Facts 

Overview
Whipple through truss bridge over Snake River on Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR)
Location
Heyburn, Cassia County, Idaho, and Minidoka County, Idaho
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built Ca. 1890
Builder
- George S. Morison of New Bedford, Massachusetts (Probable Designer Based On Style)
Railroads
- Eastern Idaho Railroad (EIRR)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Two Double-intersection Whipple through truss main spans with Three steel plate girder approach spans
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 250.0 ft.
Total length: 750.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Also called
Burley-Heyburn Railrod Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.54847, -113.76512   (decimal degrees)
42°32'54" N, 113°45'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/272968/4714380 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Burley
Inventory number
BH 51870 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Burley, Idaho (3)
Cassia County, Idaho (4)
County line crossing (532)
Deck girder (5,869)
Eastern Idaho Railroad (5)
George S. Morison (32)
Girder (10,442)
Have street view (27,212)
Heyburn, Idaho (1)
Idaho (533)
Minidoka County, Idaho (2)
Open (40,025)
 Owned by railroad (12,673)
Pin-connected (3,970)
Plate girder (8,099)
Railroad (15,801)
Snake River (59)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,199)
Through truss (15,365)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,892)
Truss (33,277)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,379)
Whipple truss (395)

Update Log 

  • August 4, 2018: New photos from Leslie R trick
  • October 25, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added probable designer.
  • October 3, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • March 25, 2012: Added by Mike Goff

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
  • Leslie R Trick - Leslie [dot] Trick [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

EIRR - Snake River Bridge
Posted September 14, 2016, by Luke

John and I had the exact same thought a couple of days ago.

An article on the construction of the new bridge confirms that they were relocated:

(Clipping source: https://books.google.com/books?id=zhY4AQAAMAAJ&q=rolling+a+n... )

EIRR - Snake River Bridge
Posted September 14, 2016, by Mike Boehne (mikebon088 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The second Omaha bridge had four 250-foot, eleven-panel Whipple trusses, and two tracks. The first Plattsmouth bridge's two Whipple spans were moved to a Des Moines River bridge, UP moved Pegram trusses to Idaho, and C&NW moved spans from the first Blair bridge to Wyoming. Some chance that these two spans are from Omaha?

EIRR - Snake River Bridge
Posted February 18, 2015, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Surprised nobody has commented about this bridge. The bridge shows evidence of widespread alteration, since there are a massive number of empty river holes on the portal and sway bracing. My first guess would be that the bridge was narrowed... which also makes one wonder if the bridge was relocated and reused at this location. It would be interesting to know. Finally, taking into consideration the alterations, what I can see of the bridge leads me to believe that this bridge may be the work of famous engineer George Morison. The large lattice portal and sway bracing, Whipple truss configuration, and the arrangement and composition of some of the truss members are what suggests this possibility.