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CN - Falls River Bridge

Baraga County, Michigan

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Photo taken by Dean Sauvola

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BH Photo #238674

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Overview
Deck truss bridge over Falls River on Railroad
Location
L'Anse, Baraga County, Michigan
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1916
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Duluth, South Shore, & Atlantic Railway (DSSA)
Design
Double-intersection Warren deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 35.0 ft.
Total length: 70.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.75093, -88.45235   (decimal degrees)
46°45'03" N, 88°27'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/389072/5178510 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
L'Anse
Inventory number
BH 53457 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Baraga County, Michigan (9)
Built 1916 (696)
Built during 1910s (9,636)
Canadian National Railway (510)
Continuous (2,483)
Continuous truss (184)
Deck truss (1,732)
Double-intersection Warren deck truss (88)
Double-intersection Warren truss (456)
Duluth, South Shore, & Atlantic Railway (12)
 Have street view (26,947)
L'Anse, Michigan (2)
Michigan (1,125)
Open (39,881)
Owned by railroad (12,424)
Railroad (15,426)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,668)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,300)
Truss (32,794)

Update Log 

  • September 5, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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CN Falls River Bridge
Posted September 5, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Looks like a correct call to me Luke!

CN Falls River Bridge
Posted September 5, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

I classified this as a deck truss, feel free to correct me.