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UP - Ninth Avenue Overpass

Spokane County, Washington

Photos 

East side view about a week before demolition.

Photo taken by Kyle Jarvis in July 2009

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BH Photo #339112

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Ninth Avenue on Union Pacific RR Ayer Subdivision
Location
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1912 by the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation Co. To Union Pacific in 1936 merger. Abandoned 1978. Removed during Fish Lake Trail construction 2009.
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. (OWR&N)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Also called
Br364.99
Approximate latitude, longitude
+47.64751, -117.45334   (decimal degrees)
47°38'51" N, 117°27'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/465952/5277223 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Spokane NW
Inventory number
BH 69575 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,540)
Built 1912 (844)
Built during 1910s (9,737)
Deck girder (5,900)
Girder (10,500)
Lost (25,732)
Lost 2009 (344)
Lost during 2000s (4,238)
 Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. (55)
Plate girder (8,150)
Railroad (15,857)
Spokane County, Washington (84)
Spokane, Washington (56)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,385)
Washington (1,328)

Update Log 

  • October 8, 2015: Added by Kyle Jarvis

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