Rail Flatcar Bridge Project
State DNR forestry officials required a bridge such as this to cross Jordan Creek.
Allows access to thin the back acreage during our 2019 harvest program

We looked at one at the Nourse Tree Farm in Bryant, Wa.
It had pressure treated decking and side curbs
It sure looked substantial - a fire truck could drive over it.

DNR Letter referencing our bridge and work in the creek.

We looked around and got one on order
Here's our bridge at the Rick Franklin Corp in Lebanon Oregon, Sept 2018
It was custom ordered at 33' long and 14' wide.
They cut it to our length and width specifications and added pressure treated decking and side curbs.

 

Here's our flatcar bridge in service .
We got the "TTX" number and looked it up on the internet.
Looks like a bunch of Army equipment.
Photo was taken by a rail fan in Georgia 2015.

 

Security camera captured the bridge arriving on a flatbed trailer at the main gate. Time stamp shows 11/6/18. Note the two concrete abutments sitting on top of the bridge. This was one heavy load

White Paper on using RR flatcars for low volume bridges
Written by University of Iowa
 

Jordan Creek Bridge Project Details
 

Moving the bridge

Installing the Bridge

Time-lapse movies of major bridge work

Day1

Day 2  

Day 3

 

Nice one noted during research
Just add two abutments.

View photo of a flatcar bridge we looked at for sale in a mesa scrap yard
 

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08/31/19