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BNSF - North Fork Skykomish River Bridge
Photos
View facing east. 1999 5th street Index Bridge in the background.
Photo taken by Neil Martel in April 2012
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BH Photo #229099
Description
Built slightly downstream from the original 1892 bridge that was moved down the line 7 miles west and reassembled during the 1960-1967 Index-East Gold Bar realignment.
Facts
- Overview
- Warren through truss bridge over North Fork Skykomish River on BNSF Railway
- Location
- Index, Snohomish County, Washington
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1961 for the Great Northern Railway during the Index-Gold Bar realignment between 1960-67
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
- Design
- 10 panel Warren through truss
- Also called
- Great Northern North Fork Skykomish River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +47.81920, -121.55496 (decimal degrees)
47°49'09" N, 121°33'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/608168/5297216 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Index
- Inventory number
- BH 51962 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 26, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- July 15, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- April 13, 2012: Updated by Neil Martel: Updated design description
- April 6, 2012: Updated by Neil Martel: Corrected history
- April 6, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Great Northern Railway"
Sources
- Neil Martel
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com