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BNSF - Wind River Canyon Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Warren deck truss with all verticals bridge over Wind River on BNSF Railway
- Location
- Fremont County, Wyoming
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1948
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Design
- Warren deck truss with all verticals
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 559.0 ft.
- Also called
- Wind River Canyon Train Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.42484, -108.17910 (decimal degrees)
43°25'29" N, 108°10'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 12/728341/4811859 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Boysen
- Inventory number
- BH 51130 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 16, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information
- March 14, 2018: New photos from John Bernhisel
- April 23, 2017: New photos from John Bernhisel
- April 10, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
- May 4, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
- January 31, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
- January 30, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks
Sources
- Frank Hicks
- Luke
- John Bernhisel - Johnmbernhisel [at] gmail [dot] com
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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In response to prior comment - When the new Boysen dam was built and the old one removed many years ago, the location of the dam and the level of the reservoir changed. These changes required a realignment of the railroad. The tunnel is just a vestige of the old alignment.