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BN - Buckley Viaduct

King County, Washington, and Pierce County, Washington

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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BH Photo #366014

Map 

Description 

Deck truss span possibly relocated from elsewhere. Information from NPRHA.org Online Collection

Facts 

Overview
Lost Baltimore deck truss bridge over White River on Burlington Northern Railroad
Location
King County, Washington, and Pierce County, Washington
Status
Removed
History
Built 1908; Abandoned & removed ca. 1982
Railroads
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Northern Pacific Railway (NP)
Design
Baltimore deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 250.0 ft.
Total length: 2,001.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Also called
NP - Buckley Viaduct
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.17436, -122.02011   (decimal degrees)
47°10'28" N, 122°01'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/574254/5225005 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Buckley
Inventory number
BH 73879 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Baltimore deck truss (37)
Baltimore truss (385)
Beam (16,882)
Built 1908 (786)
Built during 1900s (7,635)
Burlington Northern Railroad (507)
Deck truss (1,925)
King County, Washington (216)
Lost (28,464)
Lost 1982 (113)
Lost during 1980s (1,532)
 Northern Pacific Railway (456)
Pierce County, Washington (118)
Pin-connected (4,694)
Railroad (16,456)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,259)
Timber stringer (4,318)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,994)
Truss (35,451)
Washington (1,380)
White River (Washington) (4)

Update Log 

  • February 3, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from NP bridge records
  • February 4, 2018: New photos from John Anderson
  • September 24, 2016: Added by Luke

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Comments 

BN - Buckley Viaduct
Posted October 4, 2020, by Claire D (clairejaniece [at] icloud [dot] com)

I did some metal detecting/general exploring around here and saw the remains of the old bridge and that led me here! If anyone is interested, here is what the area on the southern side looks like now.

BN - Buckley Viaduct
Posted January 29, 2019, by Arthur Allen (arthurallen [at] centurylink [dot] net)

I strongly believe this is the trestle shown at the beginning of It Happened At the World's Fair (1963) in the sequence showing Elvis Presley riding in from Eastern Washington. Other sources say it's the Wilburton Trestle, but the trestle in the movie is two sections taller than that one, and the angle with Mt. Rainier in the background matches the Buckley Viaduct.