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Foothills Trail - Puyallup River Bridge

Pierce County, Washington

Photo 

Foothills Trail Puyallup River Bridge

Photo taken by Mike Goff in July 2010

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BH Photo #255274

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Information from NPRHA.org Online Collection

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Puyallup River on Foothills Trail
Location
South Hill, Pierce County, Washington
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built 1905
Railroads
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 150.0 ft.
Total length: 150.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.12962, -122.23609   (decimal degrees)
47°07'47" N, 122°14'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/557936/5219851 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Sumner
Inventory number
BH 56444 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

6-panel truss (656)
Built 1905 (805)
Built during 1900s (7,379)
Burlington Northern Railroad (476)
Foothills Trail (Washington) (6)
Have street view (27,293)
McMillin, Washington (2)
Northern Pacific Railroad (431)
Open to pedestrians (4,317)
Owned by state (16,162)
Pierce County, Washington (113)
Pin-connected (3,979)
 Pratt through truss (5,528)
Pratt truss (9,499)
Puyallup River (16)
Rail-to-trail (1,600)
Railroad (15,858)
South Hill, Washington (1)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,269)
Through truss (15,460)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,978)
Truss (33,424)
Washington (1,328)

Update Log 

  • January 30, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from NP bridge records
  • May 30, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Riveted"
  • June 3, 2013: New photo from Mike Goff
  • June 1, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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