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UP - Palisade Canyon Bridge No. 1

Eureka County, Nevada

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Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Humboldt River on railroad
Location
Carlin, Eureka County, Nevada
Status
Destroyed by derailment
History
Built 1906; Destroyed and replaced 2008
Railroads
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.60977, -116.19814   (decimal degrees)
40°36'35" N, 116°11'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/567834/4495747 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Palisade
Inventory number
BH 57520 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1906 (652)
Built during 1900s (7,632)
Carlin, Nevada (4)
Destroyed by collision (99)
Eureka County, Nevada (18)
Lost (28,430)
Lost 2008 (375)
Lost during 2000s (4,406)
Nevada (159)
 Owned by railroad (13,494)
Pratt through truss (6,053)
Pratt truss (10,291)
Railroad (16,455)
Southern Pacific Railroad (690)
Through truss (16,748)
Truss (35,420)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,473)

Update Log 

  • February 11, 2015: Updated by Luke: Destroyed by derailment in 2008
  • August 11, 2013: Added by Craig Philpott

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UP - Palisade Canyon Bridge No. 1
Posted February 11, 2015, by Luke

http://www.ktvn.com/story/9585627/train-derailed-cars-crash-...