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BNSF - White Salmon River Bridge

Skamania County, Washington, and Klickitat County, Washington

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BNSF - White Salmon River Bridge

From the southwest on the shore of the Columbia River.

Photo taken by Mike Goff in March 2014

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BH Photo #281203

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over White Salmon River on Railroad (BNSF)
Location
Skamania County, Washington, and Klickitat County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
Slated for demolition and replacement.
History
Built 1908
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Truss Fabricator)
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad (C&NP)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
- Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (SPS)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 206.0 ft.
Also called
BNSF Bridge 72.8
Approximate latitude, longitude
+45.72855, -121.52195   (decimal degrees)
45°43'43" N, 121°31'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/615006/5064950 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hood River
Inventory number
BH 60316 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,763)
BNSF Railway (1,618)
Built 1911 (845)
Built during 1910s (10,235)
Chicago & Northern Pacific Railroad (2)
Deck girder (6,599)
Doomed (1,099)
Girder (11,641)
Great Northern Railway (399)
Have street view (30,403)
Klickitat County, Washington (28)
Open (41,427)
Owned by railroad (14,124)
 Pin-connected (5,423)
Plate girder (9,152)
Pratt through truss (6,413)
Pratt truss (10,843)
Railroad (16,990)
Skamania County, Washington (45)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,598)
Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (76)
Through truss (19,028)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,696)
Truss (38,309)
Washington (1,407)

Update Log 

  • February 3, 2022: Updated by Nathan Holth: Add bridge name, corrected date from 1911 to 1908, add dimensions, noted bridge doom.
  • June 28, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • April 25, 2020: New photos from Mike Garland
  • July 11, 2018: New photos from Mike Garland
  • April 7, 2018: New photo from Richard Doody
  • April 3, 2014: New photos from Mike Goff
  • March 19, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Richard Doody
  • Mike Garland - Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth

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