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BNSF - Pecos River Bridge

De Baca County, New Mexico

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BNSF -Pecos River Bridge

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BH Photo #444677

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Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Pecos River on Railroad (BNSF)
Location
De Baca County, New Mexico
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906
Railroads
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 1,500.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1979
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.47897, -104.27133   (decimal degrees)
34°28'44" N, 104°16'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/566912/3815505 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fort Sumner West
Inventory numbers
NRHP 79001539 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 59724 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (451)
BNSF Railway (1,515)
Built 1906 (626)
Built during 1900s (7,257)
De Baca County, New Mexico (4)
Deck girder (5,777)
Girder (10,299)
NR-listed (2,961)
 New Mexico (206)
Open (39,982)
Owned by railroad (12,502)
Pecos River (13)
Plate girder (7,983)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,409)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,889)

Update Log 

  • March 15, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • July 5, 2016: Updated by J.P.: added national register info/build year/ and length.
  • February 14, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs

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