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BNSF - Big Hell Canyon Bridge

Yavapai County, Arizona

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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

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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)

Categories 

Arizona (299)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (337)
BNSF Railway (1,237)
Built 1901 (509)
Built during 1900s (6,752)
D.W. Wilson (1)
Deck girder (5,018)
Drake, Arizona (1)
Girder (9,082)
Mississippi Valley Bridge Co. (2)
 Open (38,116)
Owned by railroad (11,049)
Plate girder (6,907)
Railroad (14,303)
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railway (6)
Steel Trestle (151)
Tall Bridges (319)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,653)
Yavapai County, Arizona (32)

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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