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BNSF - North Platte River Bridge

Platte County, Wyoming

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BNSF - North Platte River Bridge

looking north

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

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BH Photo #465961

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Overview
Deck truss bridge over North Platte River on BNSF Railway
Location
Guernsey, Platte County, Wyoming
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
Design
Deck truss with deck girder approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 845.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.27705, -104.75266   (decimal degrees)
42°16'37" N, 104°45'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
13/520395/4680566 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 88193 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

BNSF Railway (1,515)
Burlington Northern Railroad (461)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (537)
Deck girder (5,777)
Deck truss (1,745)
Girder (10,299)
Guernsey, Wyoming (1)
Have street view (27,067)
Open (39,980)
Owned by railroad (12,498)
 Plate girder (7,983)
Platte County, Wyoming (23)
Railroad (15,601)
Riveted (2,183)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,236)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,878)
Truss (32,967)
Warren deck truss (604)
Warren truss (6,581)
Wyoming (370)

Update Log 

  • February 16, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • February 14, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Flickr - Thaddeus Roan photo from 2009
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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