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PSAP - Wishkah River Bridge

Grays Harbor County, Washington

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Wishkah River Bridge

View from East

Photo taken by K. A. Erickson in February 2011

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BH Photo #193258

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Street View 

Description 

Information from NPRHA.org Online Collection

Facts 

Overview
Swing bridge over Wishkah River on Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad
Location
Aberdeen, Grays Harbor County, Washington
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1909
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
- Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad (PSAP)
Design
Swing bridge
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 317.0 ft.
Total length: 1,220.0 ft.
Also called
Bridge 68
Approximate latitude, longitude
+46.97459, -123.81015   (decimal degrees)
46°58'29" N, 123°48'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/438378/5202658 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Aberdeen
Inventory number
BH 45679 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Aberdeen, Washington (9)
American Bridge Co. (1,538)
Beam (16,016)
Built 1909 (783)
Built during 1900s (7,379)
Center Pivot Swing Span (82)
Grays Harbor County, Washington (52)
Have street view (27,279)
Movable (3,031)
Navigable waterway (2,171)
Northern Pacific Railroad (431)
Open (40,080)
Owned by railroad (12,725)
 Pennsylvania truss (502)
Pin-connected (3,979)
Puget Sound & Pacific Railroad (15)
Railroad (15,852)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,202)
Steel stringer (6,376)
Swing (1,492)
Through truss (15,415)
Timber stringer (4,095)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,905)
Truss (33,355)
Washington (1,328)

Update Log 

  • January 29, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from NP bridge records
  • February 17, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • February 17, 2017: New photos from Mike Garland
  • January 1, 2017: New photo from Steven Pavlov
  • December 10, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • February 4, 2011: New photo from K. A. Erickson
  • July 22, 2010: New Street View added by Cliff Darby

Sources 

  • K. A. Erickson
  • Cliff Darby - cliffsta1987 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • Steven Pavlov
  • Mike Garland - Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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