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  2. Dale Creek Crossing - Wikipedia

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    Dale Creek Crossing was a railway bridge located in present-day Wyoming. The 650-foot (200 m) bridge, completed in 1868 in the southeastern Wyoming Territory, presented engineers of the United States' first transcontinental railroad one of their most difficult challenges. [2]

  3. List of railroad crossings of the North American continental ...

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    Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 1909–1980 Passed through the Pipestone Pass Tunnel: Deer Lodge Pass: Montana: 5,801 ft (1,768 m) Utah and Northern Railway: Union Pacific Railroad: 1881–present Narrow gauge until 1887; railroad name Feely Bannock Pass: Montana and Idaho: 7,575 ft (2,309 m) Gilmore and Pittsburgh Railroad

  4. Long Ravine Trestle - Wikipedia

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    The original crossing was a three-span Howe truss bridge with wooden trestle approaches, constructed as part of the first transcontinental railroad. [2] The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad was subsequently constructed under the bridge between 1875 and 1876. [3] The trestle portions of the bridge were replaced with embankments by this time. [4]

  5. Big Fill - Wikipedia

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    The Big Fill was an engineering project on the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. state of Utah.To avoid a costly 800-foot (240 m) tunnel through mountainous terrain east of Promontory Summit, Central Pacific engineers mapped an alternate route that still needed to span the deep Spring Creek Ravine.

  6. Transcontinental railroad - Wikipedia

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    The first transcontinental railroad in Europe, that connected the North Sea or the English Channel with the Mediterranean Sea, was a series of lines that included the Paris–Marseille railway, in service 1856. Multiple railways north of Paris were in operation at that time, such as Paris–Lille railway and Paris–Le Havre railway.

  7. California Historical Landmarks in San Joaquin County

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    Site of Completion of Pacific Railroad, First Transcontinental Railroad At entrance to Mossdale Crossing Park and Ramp, just north of San Joaquin River (missing) [ 2 ] 37°47′14″N 121°18′18″W  /  37.7873°N 121.3050°W  / 37.7873; -121.3050  ( Site of Completion of Pacific Railroad, First Transcontinental

  8. Union Pacific Missouri River Bridge - Wikipedia

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    When the first railroad bridge on the site opened on March 27, 1872, [1] it connected the First transcontinental railroad to the eastern United States. The bridge was rebuilt twice, with the current bridge opening on December 20, 1916. [2] When the Union Pacific began heading west from Omaha in 1862 there were no railroads connecting to it from ...

  9. Hayden Bridge (Springfield, Oregon) - Wikipedia

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    The Hayden RR Bridge, [a] is a truss bridge located in Springfield, Oregon, spanning over the McKenzie River.It initially served as a traditional railroad bridge, starting as part of the first transcontinental railroad in Utah, before moving to its current location as part of the Marcola line, whose primary use was the distribution of lumber.