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Painted Rock Road Bridge

Storey County, Nevada, and Washoe County, Nevada

Photos 

Painted Rock

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in March 2014

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BH Photo #279330

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Truckee River on Painted Rock Road
Location
Storey County, Nevada, and Washoe County, Nevada
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1902
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Builder)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 147.0 ft.
Total length: 158.1 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 22.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.59083, -119.36722   (decimal degrees)
39°35'27" N, 119°22'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/296722/4385022 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fernley West
Elevation
4139 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 25718 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,505)
Built 1902 (520)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
Corrugated deck (488)
County line crossing (533)
Functionally obsolete (6,427)
Have street view (26,938)
NR-eligible (4,048)
Nevada (154)
One-lane traffic (7,606)
Open (39,880)
 Owned by county (20,781)
Pin-connected (3,901)
Pratt through truss (5,387)
Pratt truss (9,294)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,219)
Storey County, Nevada (14)
Through truss (15,053)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,919)
Truckee River (22)
Truss (32,773)
Washoe County, Nevada (31)

Update Log 

  • May 25, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • March 10, 2014: Updated by Craig Philpott: added photos
  • March 17, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Corrected design
  • March 14, 2010: Updated by Kim Harvey: added street view

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Comments 

Painted Rock Road Bridge
Posted May 15, 2014, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Looks like a former railroad bridge re-purposed for vehicular traffic.