Bridges
Not to be confused with the road bridges across the Susitna River on either the Denali Highway or the George Parks Highway.| Susitna River Bridge | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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Under construction, 1920 (view looking west, from upstream) |
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| Location: | Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska |
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| Coordinates: | 62°46′6″N 149°41′30″W / 62.76833°N 149.69167°W / 62.76833; -149.69167Coordinates: 62°46′6″N 149°41′30″W / 62.76833°N 149.69167°W / 62.76833; -149.69167 |
| Built: | 1920/21 |
| Architect: | American Bridge Company |
| Architectural style: | Through truss |
| Governing body: | State |
| NRHP Reference#: | 77000227 |
| Added to NRHP: | September 15, 1977 |
The Susitna River Bridge is a railroad bridge of the Alaska Railroad in south-central Alaska. It spans the Susitna River on the eastern edge of Denali State Park near Gold Creek. The bridge is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Construction of the bridge took place from October 1920 to February 1921. The span is 503 ft., with a height of 71 ft. in the center; the steel weighs 2,000 tons, and rests on two concrete piers, each 50 ft. high and 70 x 40 ft. in cross-section, and each containing 1,500 cubic yards of concrete. The location was chosen, just downstream of a curve, after observing the pattern of ice jams through the preceding three years.
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