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ATSF - Bottleneck Wash Trestle
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ATSF Bottleneck Wash Trestle
View looking southeast
Photo taken by Erich Heidewald in May 2005
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BH Photo #292769
Description
Wooden trestle, abandoned along with rail line from Abra/Paulden to Prescott after monsoon flooding damaged a trestle to the south in Sept. 1983. The former right-of-way has been proposed for a bicycle trail, but no progress has been made. Bridge is off the northeast end of the Prescott Airport runways and can be accessed by dirt roads from the south.
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned timber stringer bridge over Bottleneck Wash on Former AT&SF Railroad
- Location
- Yavapai County, Arizona
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- Future prospects
- Intended for reuse on proposed rail trail
- Railroad
- - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- Design
- Timber trestle with crushed ballast deck
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +34.67066, -112.40699 (decimal degrees)
34°40'14" N, 112°24'25" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 12/371092/3837421 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Chino Valley South
- Inventory number
- BH 62787 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 2, 2014: Added by Alexander D. Mitchell IV
It is not easy to get to this bridge anymore.