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BNSF - Park River Bridge (Grafton)

Walsh County, North Dakota

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BNSF Park River Bridge (Grafton)

Looking North

Photo taken by John Marvig in August 2020

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BH Photo #479782

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Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Park River on BNSF Railway
Location
Grafton, Walsh County, North Dakota
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1974 using a relocated 1929 span
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 150.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+48.42536, -97.40579   (decimal degrees)
48°25'31" N, 97°24'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
14/617938/5364806 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 90280 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,522)
BNSF Railway (1,515)
Beam (15,818)
Built 1929 (1,020)
Built during 1920s (9,962)
Girder (10,306)
Grafton, North Dakota (5)
North Dakota (597)
Northern Pacific Railroad (388)
Open (39,995)
 Owned by railroad (12,507)
Plate girder (7,990)
Railroad (15,614)
Relocated (911)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,107)
Through girder (3,844)
Timber stringer (4,031)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,942)
Walsh County, North Dakota (60)

Update Log 

  • August 22, 2020: New photos from John Marvig
  • August 15, 2020: Added by John Marvig

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BNSF - Park River Bridge (Grafton)
Posted August 15, 2020, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Some writing on the side of this span suggests it may have come from the Spokane area. Interestingly enough, there were major relocations in that area during the early 1970s.