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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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Description

Built for the Camas Prairie Railroad(joint venture of Union Pacific RR and Northern Pacific Rwy.). Replaced 1884 bridge removed for construction of Lower Monumental Dam.

Facts

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 1971
Railroads: - Camas Prairie Railroad (CSP)
- 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)

Update Log

April 16, 2018: Updated by Richard Doody: Corrected year built added info
May 8, 2015: New photos from C Hanchey
March 21, 2012: Added by Michael Goff

Related Bridges

Lyons Ferry Bridge (Downstream)
Central Ferry Bridge (Upstream)

Sources

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