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Fish Lake Trail - Thorpe Road Overpass

Spokane County, Washington

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Photo taken by Kyle Jarvis in March 2010

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BH Photo #339012

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Overview
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Thorpe Road on Fish Lake Trail
Location
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
Status
Open to pedestrians only
History
Built in 1917 by the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company. To Union Pacific in 1936. Abandoned 1978. Fish Lake Trail paved 2009. Original wooden trestle built here circa 1912.
Railroads
- Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. (OWR&N)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Span length: 24.0 ft.
Total length: 24.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.63269, -117.44679   (decimal degrees)
47°37'58" N, 117°26'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/466435/5275573 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Spokane NW
Inventory number
BH 69562 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,314)
Built 1917 (645)
Built during 1910s (9,738)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,102)
Deck arch (11,553)
Open to pedestrians (4,318)
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. (55)
Owned by city (5,635)
 Rail-to-trail (1,600)
Railroad (15,858)
Span length under 25 feet (6,934)
Spokane County, Washington (84)
Spokane, Washington (56)
Total length under 25 feet (2,515)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,385)
Washington (1,328)

Update Log 

  • October 8, 2015: New photo from Kyle Jarvis
  • October 7, 2015: Added by Kyle Jarvis

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