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Trout Creek Trestle

Photo taken by Michael Goff on September 11, 2009

BH Photo #146434

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Trout Creek on Oregon Trunk Railroad
Location: Jefferson County, Oregon
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1910
Builders: - American Bridge Co. of New York (Steel Fabricator)
- Bates & Rogers Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Substructure)
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas (Erection)
Railroads: - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Deschutes River Railroad (DRR)
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
- Oregon Trunk Railway (OTR)
Design: The Trout Creek Trestle is a typical railroad trestle built during the early twentieth century. The structure consists of 7 steel plate girder spans between 6 truss tower piers.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 565.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +44.81306, -121.07050 (decimal degrees)
44°48'47" N, 121°04'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/652568/4963994 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Gateway
Inventory number: BH 43384 (Bridgehunter.com ID)