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UP/NP - Gauntlet Bridge
Description
The bridge was jointly used by Northern Pacific and Union Pacific. To avoid using switches 2 sets of track were overlaid to occupy a single track. The advantage is there was no need to use switchtrack that would slow down the train. This kind of trackage is known as the gauntlet configuration (only one train can traverse the bridge at a time."Bridge 89.35 over Yakima River near Parker, Washington: Steel bridge consisting of one 19o-foot and two x86-foot truss spans built on new concrete piers, replacing timber bridge"
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Yakima River on Union Pacific Railroad/ Northern Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Yakima County, Washington
- Status
- Currently abandonded
- Future prospects
- Available for reuse
- History
- Built 1922
- Railroads
- - Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- 1 190' Pratt through truss
2 186' Pratt through trusses - Also called
- UP/NP - Parker Bridge
UP/NP - Yakima River Bridge
Northern Pacific Bridge 89
Union Pacific Bridge 89.35 - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +46.49602, -120.44063 (decimal degrees)
46°29'46" N, 120°26'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/696395/5152343 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Wapato
- Inventory numbers
- NP Bridge 89
UP Bridge 89.35
BH 76883 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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