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MILW Skykomish River Covered Bridge

Snohomish County, Washington
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Photo taken by Fred J. Shaw, provided by Trackwalker

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Description 

Was the longest covered railroad span in the U.S and the longest covered bridge in the western USA.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Skykomish River on Railroad
Location
Snohomish County, Washington
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1939; Replaced 1969
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 450.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.85020, -121.96220   (decimal degrees)
47°51'01" N, 121°57'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/577638/5300172 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 54215 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1939 (513)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (283)
Covered (925)
Lost (10,367)
Lost 1969 (17)
Lost during 1960s (129)
 Railroad (4,075)
Replaced by new bridge (7,137)
Snohomish County, Washington (69)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,574)
Washington (843)

Update Log 

  • October 30, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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MILW Skykomish River Covered Bridge
Posted November 30, 2012, by Neil Martel (eljir16 [at] frontier [dot] com)

The covered portion was replaced in 1969 (I thought I read 1965 somewhere) with 3 Warren Pony trusses. It was used up until 1980 when the rail line was abandoned. Since the replacement spans were placed on the original timber piers, by 2005 they were approaching failure and the bridge was removed. All that remains now is the long timber stringer approaches.