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Iron Goat Trail - Bridge #402

King County, Washington

Photos 

East Approach

Photo taken by Mike Garland in August 2016

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BH Photo #383965

Map 

Description 

Originally, the Great Northern Railroad crossed Bridge #402 where this bridge stands. On January 22, 1916, a large slide destroyed part of Bridge #402, by that time a heavy steel trestle. The bridge was temporarily repaired using heavy timbers and was back in service within a month. In the fall of 1916, the Twin Tunnels were built to relocate the railroad to a less exposed position, and the bridge was abandoned. The current bridge was built as part of the Iron Goat Trail Project, and is built on the original bridge abutments.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge
Location
Scenic, King County, Washington
Status
Open to pedestrians only
Builder
- Rapid Span Structures Ltd. of Armstrong, Britisch Columbia, Canada
Railroad
- Great Northern Railway (GN)
Design
Howe through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 110.0 ft.
Deck width: 6.0 ft.
Also called
GN - Bridge #402
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.71665, -121.17228   (decimal degrees)
47°42'60" N, 121°10'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/637082/5286425 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Scenic
Inventory number
BH 76214 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Great Northern Railway (360)
Howe through truss (448)
Howe truss (558)
Iron Goat Trail (2)
King County, Washington (210)
Open to pedestrians (4,209)
Owned by U.S. Forest Service (302)
Owned by federal government (1,219)
 Rail-to-trail (1,536)
Railroad (15,411)
Rapid Span Structures Ltd. (1)
Scenic, Washington (2)
Through truss (15,058)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,169)
Truss (32,778)
Washington (1,314)

Update Log 

  • March 22, 2017: Added by Mike Garland

Sources 

  • Mike Garland - Rapier342 [at] comcast [dot] net
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Iron Goat Trail - Bridge #402
Posted February 8, 2020, by Kathleen (katkach85 [at] gmail [dot] com)

My grandfather was the dining car Stewart on the Great Northern train when the corea avalanche hit. The slide was Jan. 22, 1916. That slide might have been close to Iron Goat Trail. Yes he lived through it.