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BNSF - Sheep Creek Trestle

Flathead County, Montana

Photo 

Goat Lick Trestle - Tug O War - Essex Montana

Photo by Loco's Loco Co.

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #314188

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Double tracked at a later date

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Sheep Creek on BNSF Hi-Line Subdivision
Location
Flathead County, Montana
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 470.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+48.25746, -113.57949   (decimal degrees)
48°15'27" N, 113°34'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/308548/5348132 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Essex
Inventory number
BH 63784 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

BNSF Railway (1,526)
Built 1903 (596)
Built during 1900s (7,365)
Burlington Northern Railroad (469)
Deck girder (5,866)
Flathead County, Montana (31)
Girder (10,432)
Great Northern Railway (361)
 Have street view (27,199)
Montana (813)
Open (40,011)
Owned by railroad (12,663)
Plate girder (8,092)
Railroad (15,783)
Tall Bridges (324)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,289)

Update Log 

  • May 2, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added build date from GN Valuation Information
  • January 20, 2015: Photo imported by Ian Martin
  • October 23, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin

Sources 

  • Ian Martin
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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