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B.N.S.F. - Deer Creek Bridge

Snohomish County, Washington
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Photo taken by Neil Martel in April 2012

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Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Deer Creek on BNSF Railway
Location
Snohomish County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1930 by the American Bridge Co.
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Steel stringer
Also called
Great Northern Deer Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.81574, -121.58337   (decimal degrees)
47°48'57" N, 121°35'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/606048/5296792 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Index
Inventory number
BH 52271 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (449)
Beam (6,048)
Built 1930 (1,238)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (465)
Great Northern Railway (88)
 Open (28,313)
Owned by railroad (4,046)
Railroad (4,075)
Snohomish County, Washington (69)
Steel stringer (2,325)
Washington (843)

Update Log 

  • April 30, 2012: Updated by Neil Martel: Corrected design description as per forum comment
  • April 29, 2012: Updated by Neil Martel: Fixed typo in name
  • April 28, 2012: Updated by Neil Martel: Added categories "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway", "Great Northern Railway", "Railroad"

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  • Neil Martel
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BNSF Deer Creek Bridge
Posted April 29, 2012, by Neil Martel (eljir16 [at] frontier [dot] com)

You're probably right. It seems a bit short in height to be a deck plate girder. I didn't look underneath because I wasn't wearing boots.

BNSF Deer Creek Bridge
Posted April 28, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

It looks like a steel stringer to me, but I could very well be mistaken.