Dale Creek Crossing (48AB145) - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Dale Creek Crossing (48AB145) - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The 650-foot (200 m) Dale Creek Crossing, completed in 1868 in the southeastern Wyoming Territory, presented engineers of the United States' first transcontinental railroad one of their most difficult challenges.Pride and pitfalls along a coast to coast track, by Michael Kenney. Boston Globe. January 10, 2000. A book review: Empire Express: Building the first transcontinental Railroad, by David Haward Bain. Dale Creek Bridge, the longest bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad (UP), reached 150 feet (46 m) above Dale Creek, two miles (3.2 km) west of Sherman, Wyoming. Read more on Wikipedia
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