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SPS - Willamette River Bridge

Linn County, Oregon

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Overview
Lost Warren deck truss bridge over Willamette River on Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad
Location
Wilsonville, Linn County, Oregon
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1907; Burned 1939; Rpelaced 1972
Builder
- W.S. Barstow & Co. of New York City, New York
Railroads
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
- Interurban
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
- Oregon Electric Railway (OER)
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (SPS)
Design
Warren deck truss
Also called
OER - Willamette River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.29301, -122.77626   (decimal degrees)
45°17'35" N, 122°46'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/517544/5015525 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Sherwood
Inventory number
BH 72369 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,716)
Built 1907 (698)
Built during 1900s (7,223)
Deck truss (1,732)
Great Northern Railway (360)
Interurban (911)
Linn County, Oregon (60)
Lost (24,738)
Lost 1975 (83)
Lost during 1970s (774)
Northern Pacific Railroad (387)
Oregon (1,176)
Oregon Electric Railway (8)
 Owned by railroad (12,423)
Railroad (15,414)
Replaced by new bridge (16,581)
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (75)
Tall Wooden Trestle (34)
Timber stringer (4,018)
Truss (32,788)
W.S. Barstow & Co. (1)
Warren deck truss (604)
Warren truss (6,564)
Willamette River (61)
Wilsonville, Oregon (3)

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  • Luke

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