Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge or Celilo Bridge

98673 Wishram, WA, United States of America (USA) (Washington)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: 
Oregon Trunk Junction, Oregon (in Wasco County); Wishram, Washington

Wishram is a census-designated place (CDP) in Klickitat County, Washington, United States.
The community was originally named Fallbridge; it was changed to Wishram to honor the Wishram tribe of Native Americans

Wishram is a train station in Wishram, Washington served by Amtrak's Empire Builder line. The station consists of a platform adjacent to a modern, pre-fabricated building that contains BNSF offices. Although Wishram is one of the smallest communities served by Amtrak, it is an important gateway to the scenic recreational opportunities offered by the Columbia River.

Amtrak does not provide ticketing nor baggage services at this facility, which is served by two daily trains. The station, parking, track, and platforms are owned by BNSF Railway.

Oregon rim by car:
Vietnam Memorial Highway, the Dalles, OR 97058

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: 
The Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge or Celilo Bridge is a single-track railroad bridge opened in 1912 over the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It consists of eight steel truss spans and several deck girder spans, and since 1957 it has included a vertical-lift section.

It is part of the Wishram, Washington to Bend, Oregon line of the BNSF Railway (formerly the Oregon Trunk line of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway). The bridge is downstream of the site of Celilo Falls, now submerged by water impounded by The Dalles Dam. The Celilo Canal passed beneath the southernmost span, which was a swing span. Completion of The Dalles Dam in 1957 inundated the canal. Over a period of several months starting in October 1956, the bridge was raised by up to 5 feet (1.5 m) over its entire length, and the truss span to the north of the swing span was modified to a vertical-lift-type span for river navigation. The new lift span's first complete raising and lowering took place on June 21, 1957, and the bridge reopened to rail traffic the following day. The swing span, to the south of the lift span, remains in place, but it ceased to be used after the lift span was installed. It was "permanently locked in place" in October 1956, for the start of work to modify the bridge

Oregon Trunk Bridge

Carries: 1 railroad track of BNSF Railway
Crosses: Columbia River
Design: Pratt truss with swing span (inoperable) and vertical-lift span (operational)
Total length: approx. 2,400–3,350 feet
Longest span: approx. 300 feet
Opened: January 1912

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