PNWTC - Skagit River Bridge

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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Facts 

Overview

Lost Pratt through truss drawridge over Skagit River on former Bellingham and Skagit Interurban Railway

Location

Mt. Vernon, Skagit County, Washington

Status

Only two piers remain

History

Built 1912; Removed ca. 1930 after being condemned in 1928

Builder

- Stone & Webster of Boston, Massachusetts

Railroads

- Bellingham & Skagit Interurban Railway (B&SI)
- Interurban
- Pacific Northwest Traction Co. (PWNTC)

Design

1 240' Pratt through truss drawspan
3 150' Combination wood-and-steel Pratt through trusses
2 50' Deck plate girders
1300' trestle

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 240.0 ft.

Also called

B&SI - Skagit River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+48.44482, -122.33212   (decimal degrees)
48°26'41" N, 122°19'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

10/549391/5365957 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Mount Vernon

Inventory number

BH 56333 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 24, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
• July 5, 2017: Updated by Luke: Noted bridge was a drawbridge + image
• May 24, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
• May 24, 2013: Updated by Jared Mixson: Added categories "Skagit River", "Railroad"

Sources 

• Jared Mixson
• Luke
• Douglas Butler

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