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UP - Willamette River Bridge

Lane County, Oregon

Photo 

Looking South

Photo taken by Mike Garland in March 2018

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BH Photo #486312

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Willamette River on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Lane County, Oregon
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1911
Railroads
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Pratt through truss with one steel through girder and timber trestle approach spans
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 250.0 ft.
Total length: 780.5 ft.
Deck width: 15.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.97612, -122.88543   (decimal degrees)
43°58'34" N, 122°53'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/509189/4869226 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Jasper
Inventory number
BH 51763 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

10-panel truss (226)
A-frame portal (486)
Built 1911 (815)
Built during 1910s (9,970)
Lane County, Oregon (116)
Open (40,968)
Oregon (1,260)
Owned by railroad (13,500)
Pratt through truss (6,056)
 Pratt truss (10,297)
Railroad (16,457)
Southern Pacific Railroad (690)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,259)
Through truss (16,776)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,061)
Truss (35,452)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,474)
Willamette River (61)

Update Log 

  • November 25, 2020: New photo from Mike Garland
  • March 20, 2012: Added by Michael Goff

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Mike Garland - Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net

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