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NRM - South Fork Snoqualmie River Bridge

King County, Washington

Photo 

Photo taken by Lance Gleich

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

BH Photo #244541

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Originally built as the 5th Crossing of the Yellowstone River at Billings, Montana. Information from NPRHA.org Online Collection

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over South Fork Snoqualmie River on Railroad
Location
North Bend, King County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1891 crossing the Yellowstone River in Montana; Moved here 1923-4, Rehabbed 2003-4
Builder
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
- Northwest Railway Museum (NRM)
Design
Pratt through truss
44 span ballasted deck timber trestle
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 798.0 ft.
Also called
NP - Bridge 35
NRM - Bridge 35
NP - South Fork Snoqualmie River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.49710, -121.79174   (decimal degrees)
47°29'50" N, 121°47'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/591002/5261114 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
North Bend
Inventory number
BH 54207 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,533)
6-panel truss (645)
Beam (15,628)
Built 1891 (226)
Built during 1890s (2,977)
Have street view (26,825)
King County, Washington (210)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (220)
North Bend, Washington (8)
Northern Pacific Railroad (386)
Northwest Railway Museum (2)
Open (39,805)
Owned by railroad (12,366)
 Pin-connected (3,891)
Pratt through truss (5,370)
Pratt truss (9,268)
Railroad (15,356)
Relocated (883)
Snoqualmie River (16)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,209)
Through truss (15,013)
Timber stringer (3,992)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,865)
Truss (32,702)
Washington (1,310)

Update Log 

  • January 29, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from NP bridge records
  • April 11, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Lassig Bridge & Iron Works"
  • December 11, 2012: New photo from Luke Harden
  • December 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Updated Bridge
  • October 29, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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