General Information
| Completion: | 1921 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Railroad (railway) bridge |
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| Structure: |
Deck arch bridge |
| Material: |
Steel bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 63° 0' 53.64" N 149° 37' 1.15" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 279.8 m | |
| width | 2.4 m |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 1 200 000 |
Materials
| truss |
steel
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Chronology
| 15 August 1921 | First train passes across the bridge. |
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Hurricane Gulch Bridge is a 918 ft (280 m) long steel arch railroad bridge that crosses Hurricane Gulch, Alaska. It is located at milepost 284.2, counting from Seward. At 296 ft above the Hurricane creek, it is both the longest and tallest bridge on the entire Alaska Railroad. Many of Alaska Railroad's passenger routes pass over this bridge including the Denali star, the Aurora winter and the flag-stop Hurricane Turn, in addition to freight routes.
Construction
Construction of this bridge by the American Bridge Company began in early 1921. The first steel was erected in June, and the first passenger train operated on August 15 of the same year. It was the most difficult and expensive bridge project on the railroad, and cost $1.2 million. To build it, the company strung an aerial tram across the gulch, and construction proceeded from both sides simultaneously. For eight years, this was the tallest bridge in the US.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Hurricane Gulch Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20015372 - Published on:
02/03/2005 - Last updated on:
16/12/2016
