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UP - Idaho Falls Bridge (Old)

Bonneville County, Idaho

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1888

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Description 

"A new iron railroad bridge was fabricated in Athens, Pennsylvania at a cost of $30,000 and shipped, by rail, to the site and erected in April and May 1879" - Deseret News, 7-17-1879

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Snake River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Idaho Falls, Bonneville County, Idaho
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1879
Builder
- Union Bridge Co. of Buffalo, New York & Athens, Pennsylvania
Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
U&N - Idaho Falls Bridge
UP - Snake River Bridge (Idaho Falls, Old)
U&N - Snake River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.49201, -112.04518   (decimal degrees)
43°29'31" N, 112°02'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
12/415491/4815984 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Idaho Falls South
Inventory number
BH 65947 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,634)
Bonneville County, Idaho (19)
Built 1879 (112)
Built during 1870s (1,324)
Idaho (552)
Idaho Falls, Idaho (11)
Lost (29,050)
Pin-connected (4,868)
Pratt through truss (6,127)
 Pratt truss (10,403)
Railroad (16,518)
Replaced by new bridge (19,749)
Snake River (60)
Through truss (17,185)
Truss (35,934)
Union Bridge Co. (70)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,480)

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  • February 11, 2015: Added by Luke

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