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BNSF - Nooksack River Bridge

Whatcom County, Washington

Photos 

Photo taken by Joe Mabel

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Open deck through truss bridge over Nooksack River at Ferndale, WA. on BNSF Railroad, MP 105.7, Bellingham Subdivision.
Location
Ferndale, Whatcom County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Amtrak Cascades
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
Design
Through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 480.0 ft.
Also called
Metallica Bridge
Bridge 105.8
Approximate latitude, longitude
+48.84582, -122.58792   (decimal degrees)
48°50'45" N, 122°35'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/530233/5410398 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ferndale
Elevation
31 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 53077 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A-frame portal (486)
Amtrak (574)
Amtrak Cascades (25)
BNSF Railway (1,589)
Center Pivot Swing Span (86)
Ferndale, Washington (5)
Great Northern Railway (396)
Have street view (28,880)
Movable (3,114)
Navigable waterway (2,204)
Nooksack River (8)
 Open (40,960)
Owned by railroad (13,486)
Pin-connected (4,677)
Railroad (16,447)
Riveted (2,507)
Swing (1,561)
Through truss (16,709)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,505)
Truss (35,375)
Washington (1,380)
Whatcom County, Washington (42)

Update Log 

  • July 9, 2021: New photo from C Johnson
  • December 10, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Riveted"
  • August 7, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Douglas Butler

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