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BNSF - Green River Trestle

King County, Washington

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BNSF - Green River Trestle

1915 photo

Photo taken by Asahel Curtis

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #464882

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Description 

Information from NPRHA.org Online Collection

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Green River on BNSF Railway
Location
King County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1914
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 101.0 ft.
Total length: 1,119.0 ft.
Also called
NP Bridge #193
NP Bridge #56
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.21423, -121.43386   (decimal degrees)
47°12'51" N, 121°26'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/618588/5230160 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 87770 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

BNSF Railway (1,515)
Built 1914 (812)
Built during 1910s (9,683)
Burlington Northern Railroad (461)
Deck girder (5,783)
Girder (10,307)
King County, Washington (210)
Northern Pacific Railroad (388)
 Open (39,995)
Owned by railroad (12,508)
Plate girder (7,991)
Railroad (15,615)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,410)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,890)
Washington (1,314)

Update Log 

  • February 2, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from NP bridge records
  • January 13, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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