Wilburton Trestle
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The Wilburton Trestle in Bellevue, Washington, was built in 1904 as part of the Northern Pacific Railway's Lake Washington Belt Line from Black River Junction (south of Seattle) to Woodinville, Washington. In 1974, the Lake Hills Connector was cut through the span. The opening was spanned by two concrete-and-steel sections. It is the longest wooden trestle in the Pacific Northwest, measuring 102 feet high (31 m) and 975 feet long (297 m). It carries a single track of the BNSF Railway line over S.E. 8th Street and is a landmark when traveling on Interstate 405 through Bellevue. Freight trains still cross the trestle, from locals to those carrying large and tall loads that will not fit in the Great Northern Tunnel under Downtown Seattle. It saw its last regularly scheduled passenger trains in July 1922. Several Casey Jones excursion trains crossed the trestle in the 1950s and 1960s.
The trestle is one of the attractions of the Spirit of Washington Dinner Train. It is also visible in the 1962 Elvis Presley movie It Happened at the World's Fair before the road cut through the center section.
[edit] External links
- Virtual Tour of Wilburton Trestle at VR Seattle
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