1908 BNSF+UP+Amtrak/SP&S+GN+NP+UP Bridge over Columbia River at Vancouver, WA

(Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges; 3D Satellite)

SP&S = Spokane, Portland & Seattle

This BNSF Bridge 9.6 is yet another bridge engineered by Ralph Modjeski. It is interesting that everyone talks about this bridge that is north of Hayden Island, but an impressive swing bridge south of the island is ignored.

Street View

By Steve Morgan - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
The BNSF Railway Bridge 9.6 is a swing-span railroad bridge across the Columbia River, connecting Portland, Oregon with Vancouver, Washington. It was opened in 1908. This photo was taken from near the bridge's north end, in Vancouver, and shows a BNSF freight train starting to cross.

3D Satellite

Travis Nolen posted
BNSF 7061 arriving at Vancouver, Washington.

Kevin Conrad posted
BNSF lite power move over the Columbia River bridge Vancouver WA 5-29-20
[The end of the Amtrak station's platform provides this view. A portal view of a large railroad bridge is generally not legal in terms of trespassing.]

The following screenshots are from a comment by Eric Danahue on Keven's post. It struck me that the bridge has a mix of lattice and box truss members. Most of the truss members are the original lattice members.

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Marty Bernard posted eight photos with the comment:

AMTK 158 at Vancouver, WA and Palmer, MA

I have photographed Amtrak's P42DC 158 twice.  Once with the westbound Portland section of the Empire Builder in Vancouver, WA and once with the westbound Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited in Palmer, MA.

[I include just the five photos in Vancouver.] 

1
Arriving with Train 27, the Empire Builder, at Vancouver, WA on October 1, 2014.
Norm Anderson: If a person was tall enough, they could stand in the end doorway of the Sightseer Lounge, and look out over the roof of the locomotive for the forward-looking "Vista-Dome" view. It got a bit exhaust-y, even through the closed door, but it was worth it.

2
Departing across the BNSF Columbia River Bridge headed for its final stop in Portland, OR in about 15 mins. That's a UP freight waiting at the other end of the bridge.

3
Departing across the BNSF Columbia River Bridge headed for its final stop in Portland, OR in about 15 mins. That's a UP freight waiting at the other end of the bridge.
[I was impressed that UP would actually make one of their freights wait for an Amtrak train until a comment pointed out that a worker was setting on his track.]

4
Departing across the BNSF Columbia River Bridge headed for its final stop in Portland, OR in about 15 mins. That's a UP freight waiting at the other end of the bridge.

5
Departing across the BNSF Columbia River Bridge headed for its final stop in Portland, OR in about 15 mins. That's a UP freight waiting at the other end of the bridge.

This video starts with the swing span swinging to the closed position. The vertical bars are the locks and once the span has closed, they will lower down around the stationary rails to lock the span. (After the trains started rolling, I quit watching because I'm not a fan of moving sheet metal ("railfan")).

4:40 video @ 0:00