BNSF - North Platte River Bridge

Photos 

Looking south-east down the Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail line just before its crossing at the North Platte River. Wyoming State Hwy. 319 is to the left of the rail line. Douglas, Wyoming

Photo taken by Panoramio user elifino57

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #266710

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over North Platte River on BNSF Railway

Location

Converse County, Wyoming

Status

Open to traffic

Railroads

- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)

Design

Warren through truss with sub-panels

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 130.0 ft.
Total length: 385.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.64891, -105.16503   (decimal degrees)
42°38'56" N, 105°09'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

13/486472/4721841 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

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Inventory number

BH 58032 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• July 10, 2020: New photos from James McCray
• February 16, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information
• September 16, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "North Platte River", "Burlington Northern Railroad", "Railroad", "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway"
• September 16, 2013: Added by Dave King

Sources 

• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
• James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com

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