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Columbia Plateau Trail - Cow Creek Trestle

Adams County, Washington

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SP&S Cow Creek viaduct

Photo taken by Kyle Jarvis in September 2013

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BH Photo #380531

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Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Cow Creek on Columbia Plateau Trail
Location
Adams County, Washington
Status
Closed
History
Built 1908; abandoned 1987
Railroads
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Rail-to-trail
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (SPS)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 1,800.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.84393, -118.14519   (decimal degrees)
46°50'38" N, 118°08'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/412683/5188457 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hooper
Inventory number
BH 63840 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Adams County, Washington (31)
Built 1908 (652)
Built during 1900s (6,714)
Burlington Northern Railroad (352)
Closed (2,546)
Columbia Plateau Trail (10)
Deck girder (4,963)
Girder (8,965)
Owned by state (14,914)
 Plate girder (6,822)
Rail-to-trail (1,383)
Railroad (14,226)
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (66)
Steel Trestle (151)
Tall Bridges (319)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,731)
Washington (1,192)

Update Log 

  • April 9, 2017: New photo from Dave King
  • February 28, 2017: New photo from Kyle Jarvis
  • October 7, 2015: New photo from Kyle Jarvis
  • October 26, 2014: Added by Ian Martin

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Cow Creek Trestle - Construction, Sept. 10, 1908
Posted March 13, 2017, by Steven Shook (stevenrshook [at] gmail [dot] com)

Landing a 75-foot girder during the construction of the Cow Creek Viaduct on September 10, 1908.

Columbia Plateau Trail - Cow Creek Trestle
Posted July 20, 2016, by Anonymous

Picture of workers at cow creek viaduct