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UP - Colorado River Bridge #3

Eagle County, Colorado

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Street View 

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Colorado River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Eagle County, Colorado
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (DRGW)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 220.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.89524, -106.70869   (decimal degrees)
39°53'43" N, 106°42'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/353920/4417526 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
McCoy
Inventory number
BH 63177 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (575)
Colorado (753)
Colorado River (58)
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (181)
Eagle County, Colorado (60)
Girder (11,357)
Have street view (29,923)
Open (41,214)
 Owned by railroad (13,743)
Plate girder (8,886)
Railroad (16,676)
Southern Pacific Railroad (706)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,500)
Through girder (4,273)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,600)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,485)

Update Log 

  • April 1, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • October 28, 2014: Added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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