Alaska - Hurricane Gulch Bridge

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Overview

Steel arch bridge over Hurricane Gulch on Alaska Railroad

Location

Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Status

Open

History

Built 1921 by the American Bridge Co.

Builder

- American Bridge Co. of New York

Railroad

- Alaska Railroad (ARR)

Design

1 384' Steel arch
2 120' Deck trusses
1 50' Deck plate girder
1 240' steel viaduct

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 384.0 ft.
Total length: 918.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+63.01465, -149.61621   (decimal degrees)
63°00'53" N, 149°36'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

6/367576/6989916 (zone/easting/northing)

Inventory number

BH 60223 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 4, 2015: Updated by Ian Martin: Added builder & length
• March 11, 2014: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Alaska Railroad"

Sources 

• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Ian Martin
• Luke

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