BNSF - Big Hell Canyon Bridge

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Big Hell Canyon RR Bridge

A southbound piggyback train en route to Phoenix crosses the Hell Canyon RR Bridge at Drake, AZ

Photo taken by Alexander D. Mitchell IV in May 2008

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BH Photo #183374

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Trestle girder bridge over Hell Canyon on Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad (former AT&SF RR)

Location

Drake, Yavapai County, Arizona

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1901 for the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway

Builders

- D.W. Wilson
- Mississippi Valley Bridge Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas

Railroads

- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway (SFP&P)

Design

Trestle

Dimensions

Total length: 646.0 ft.

Also called

ATSF Big Hell Canyon Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+34.97777, -112.38125   (decimal degrees)
34°58'40" N, 112°22'53" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

12/373919/3871449 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Paulden

Inventory number

BH 46687 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• February 19, 2015: New photos from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
• October 9, 2014: New photo from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
• September 2, 2014: New photo from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
• March 31, 2011: New photo from Alexander D. Mitchell IV
• October 25, 2010: Added by Alexander D. Mitchell IV

Sources 

• Alexander D. Mitchell IV

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