Rating:
54207
{80}%
3 votes
NRM - South Fork Snoqualmie River Bridge
Photo
Photo taken by Lance Gleich
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC)
BH Photo #244541
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 Railway (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)
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
Some jerk recently stole the builder plate.