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Northern Pacific High Line Bridge No 64
Society: ASCEMain Category: CivilSub Category: BridgesEra: 1900-1909DateCreated: 1908Sheyenne RiverValley CityState: NDZip: 58072Country: USAWebsite: http://www.asce.org/project/northern-pacific-high-line-bridge-no--64/

The Northern Pacific High Line Bridge No. 64, built between 1907 and 1908, has continued to perform yeoman service in the uninterrupted flow of the Nation's commerce. Nearly, 100 years after this bridge officially opened, it still carries 125-ton car unit coal trains, double stack container trains, lumber, and refined products at train speeds of 50 m.p.h.

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2004
Image Credit: Original Photo: Public Domain; Produced prior to 1/1/1923Image Caption: Northern Pacific High Line Bridge No 64Era_date_from: 1908
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Northern Pacific High Line Bridge No 64

The Northern Pacific High Line Bridge No. 64, built between 1907 and 1908, has continued to perform yeoman service in the uninterrupted flow of the Nation's commerce. Nearly, 100 years after this bridge officially opened, it still carries 125-ton car unit coal trains, double stack container…

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