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BNSF - Washington Street Overpass
Photos
South side.
Photo taken by Kyle Jarvis in November 2013
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BH Photo #339144
Description
The Washington street viaduct is the most impressive of four built in 1915 by the Northern Pacific Railway as part of $125,000 grade separation project. The closed spandrel concrete arch carries the rails across four traffic lanes and two sidewalks and is nearly 100 feet wide. The date of construction and the railway’s name and famed “yin-yang” logo are cast into both facades. The ancient oriental symbol was adopted by the Northern Pacific after one of it officials noticed the Korean flag during a visit to the 1893 Columbian exposition in Chicago.
Facts
- Overview
- Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Washington Street on BNSF Spokane Subdivision
- Location
- Spokane, Spokane County, Washington
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1915 as part of Northern Pacific grade elevation. To Burlington Northern in 1970 merger. To BNSF in 1996 merger.
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Northern Pacific Railroad (NP)
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Span length: 68.0 ft.
Total length: 68.0 ft.
- Also called
- Br.71.6
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +47.65572, -117.41800 (decimal degrees)
47°39'21" N, 117°25'05" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 11/468612/5278120 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Spokane NW
- Inventory number
- BH 69582 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 19, 2018: Updated by Richard Doody: Added historical info to description
- February 7, 2017: New photo from Kyle Jarvis
- October 8, 2015: Added by Kyle Jarvis