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BNSF - Wilburton Trestle

King County, Washington

Photos 

Photo taken by brianhe

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #246221

Map 

Street Views 

Description 

Information from NPRHA.org Online Collection

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder and timber stringer bridge over Richards Creek & 8th/9th Streets on BNSF Railway
Location
Bellevue, King County, Washington
Status
Inactive since 2008
Future prospects
https://www.kingcounty.gov/services/parks-recreation/parks/t...
History
Built 1904; Reconstructed 1935, 1941 and 1944
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 975.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.60296, -122.18130   (decimal degrees)
47°36'11" N, 122°10'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/561537/5272496 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mercer Island
Inventory number
BH 55113 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,649)
Available for reuse (210)
BNSF Railway (1,506)
Beam (15,712)
Bellevue, Washington (3)
Built 1935 (1,452)
Built during 1930s (11,750)
Deck girder (5,744)
Girder (10,233)
Have street view (26,945)
 King County, Washington (210)
Northern Pacific Railroad (387)
Owned by railroad (12,422)
Plate girder (7,922)
Railroad (15,411)
Tall Bridges (324)
Timber Trestle (67)
Timber stringer (4,015)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)
Washington (1,314)

Update Log 

  • February 1, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from NP bridge records
  • December 11, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • February 8, 2018: Updated by Luke: Updated future prospects; King County wants to reuse trestle as part of the Eastside Rail Corridor Trail
  • May 3, 2017: New photos from Mike Garland
  • January 3, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Mike Garland - Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Wilburton Trestle
Posted January 4, 2013, by Scott Gavin (fatpiecat2 [at] charter [dot] net)

It's nice to see this trestle is still standing. When I was a kid, in the early 70s, we visited some friends of the family who lived in Bellvue, within sight of this trestle. Kids being kids (i.e., stupid), we tried to walk across the thing, never knowing if a train was due. That was the time I discovered that I was afraid of heights!