Ferry Bar Bridge
Photo
Photo provided by the Seattle Municipal Archives
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
BH Photo #433856
Description
"Ferry bar, which is located about 1 mi. downstream from Diablo dam, and 5 mi. downstream from the Ruby Dam site."Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Skagit River on Road
- Location
- Whatcom County, Washington
- Status
- Removed
- History
- Built 1941; Converted to road use 1954; Removed 1960
- Railroad
- - Skagit River Railway (SRRY)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +48.70818, -121.16587 (decimal degrees)
48°42'29" N, 121°09'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/634932/5396639 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 82651 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Seattle Municipal Archives Digital Collections : Image Record : Up River from Ferry Bar [17838] - Image used to guesstimate GPS coord.
- Luke
Comments
The date for this bridge and the still-extant Stetattle Creek Bridge came from Google's "Books" page results for Engineering News-Record, Volume 127: https://books.google.com/books?id=-ChQAAAAYAAJ&q=Skagit+Rive...
Appears to be available at both the Seattle Public Library and the UW Library.
Hello,
Thanks for this awesome resource! I work for the Cultural Resources Branch of North Cascades NP. I'm currently researching the Skagit River Railroad, and was wondering on what source material this information was based. I was pleased to see that this record was updated just last year, so maybe it's relatively fresh in your mind.
Thanks very much.
All the best,
Carl Sholin
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/wa/whatcom/bh82651/
Also, if you find any information on where these steel truss bridges came from, seeing as they're all of earlier construction types, please comment so we can update the entries!