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MILW - Skykomish River Covered Bridge
Description
At the time of demolition the longest covered railroad span in the U.S and the longest covered bridge in the western USA. The line was relocated when the Milwaukee Road abandoned their tracks between Monroe and Everett in 1939 because of the high cost of maintenance, and decided to obtain trackage rights on the Great Northern tracks instead. As a result the Milwaukee tracks had to be relocated for the merge with the Great Northern mainline.Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Skykomish River on Railroad (MILW)
- Location
- Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington
- Status
- Replaced with steel trusses
- History
- Built 1939 to replace 1911-built span 200 feet upstream; dismantled 1969 and replaced with four steel spans
- Railroad
- - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Design
- Howe through truss with wooden trestle approach
- Dimensions
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Total length: 450.0 ft.
- Also called
- 47-31-01#2x
MILW - Monroe Covered Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +47.85190, -121.95873 (decimal degrees)
47°51'07" N, 121°57'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/577895/5300364 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Monroe
- Inventory numbers
- WGCB 47-31-01 #2x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 54215 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 6, 2013: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Updated description and history
- October 30, 2012: Added by Luke Harden
Related Bridges
- MILW - Skykomish River Bridge (Successor)
Sources
- Luke
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Monroe Hostorical Society - Info
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Photo 2 is one of the wooden Howe spans un-housed, and not an in process replacement.