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UP - Snake River Bridge

Columbia County, Washington, and Whitman County, Washington

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UP - Snake River Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in August 2014

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)

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Overview
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Snake River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Columbia County, Washington, and Whitman County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built Ca. 1961
Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals with steel girder approach spans.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 410.0 ft.
Total length: 1,220.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.56451, -118.18322   (decimal degrees)
46°33'52" N, 118°10'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/409316/5157451 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Starbuck West
Inventory number
BH 51775 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1961 (194)
Built during 1960s (1,728)
Columbia County, Washington (10)
Have street view (21,899)
Open (36,412)
Owned by railroad (9,764)
Polygonal Warren through truss (368)
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals (86)
Polygonal Warren truss (899)
Railroad (13,045)
 Snake River (52)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,078)
Through truss (12,860)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,654)
Truss (29,376)
Union Pacific Railroad (1,906)
Warren truss (5,742)
Washington (1,161)
Whitman County, Washington (54)

Update Log 

  • May 8, 2015: New photos from C Hanchey
  • March 21, 2012: Added by Michael Goff

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Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com

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