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BNSF - Salmon Bay Bridge No. 4
Description
This Strauss heel trunnion has a operating struts with brake shoes that grip the top and bottom flanges when this bridge is raised the strut attached to the bascule span hangs toward the counterweight. These bridges were constructed in the year of 1914 to 1920,the 191 foot Northern Pacific bascule bridge was built the same way mentioned earlier crossing the Lake Washington Canal, one in Buffalo NY for the Delaware Lackawanna & Western railroad a 125 foot Bridge crossing the Buffalo River also has emergency brake shoes. The same river Buffalo for the Buffalo Creek Railroad (CP draw) a 174 foot span also a 125 foot bridge for the New York Central railroad. Tonawanda NY over the Tonawanda Creek a 125 foot bridge for the New York Central Railroad in North Carolina a 117 foot bridge for the Seaboard Airline crossing the Cape Fear River a 99ft 3inches rail bridge for the Illinois Central railroad crossing the Galena River in Illinois, in Doctortown GA a 117 foot bridge crossing the Altahama River.Facts
- Overview
- Warren through truss bridge over Salmon Bay on BNSF Railroad
- Location
- Seattle, King County, Washington
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1913
- Builders
- - Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
- Design
- Warren through truss bascule
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 1,145.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- BN Salmon Bay Bridge
FN Salmon Bay Bridge
BNSF Salmon Bay Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +47.66664, -122.40193 (decimal degrees)
47°39'60" N, 122°24'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/544899/5279423 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Shilshole Bay
- Inventory number
- BH 57489 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 3, 2017: New photos from Douglas Butler
- February 22, 2016: New photos from Douglas Butler
- January 26, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
- November 13, 2015: New video from Douglas Butler
- September 6, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- August 17, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- August 5, 2015: New photo from Luke
- February 20, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- December 15, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- August 16, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- April 2, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- August 29, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
- August 28, 2013: New photos from Douglas Butler
- August 26, 2013: New photos from Douglas Butler
- August 22, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
- August 9, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Navigable waterway", "Burlington Northern Railroad", "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway"
- August 9, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
- August 9, 2013: Added by K. A. Erickson
Sources
- K. A. Erickson
- Great Northern's Bridge at the Locks - Bridge 4 on GN fan page
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Douglas Butler
- Luke
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Tony, will you do me a favour ... will you do me a kindness? Scan in that postcard I sent you of this bridge and add it here.
Douglas, you can now add your drawings of this here.