The Transcontinental Railroad Grade is a section of railway in northwest

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, near

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, which was listed on the

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in 1994. It is an abandoned section of the original 1869 grade of the

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. Its raised grade (trackway), 11

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, and 21

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were built in 1869 or in years soon after. This section was built poorly by the Union Pacific, consistent with financial incentives, and was acquired by the Central Pacific in 1869, which found it necessary to replace trestles and otherwise rebuild the route here. With The trestles were built largely with

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, and have vertical round beams supporting stringers supporting railway ties. Just three of them were in good condition in 1992. The section runs roughly from miles west of Corinne for about further west along what is now

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. It is near Promontory Summit where the ceremonial golden spike was hammered in to complete the six-year project by three companies to build the transcontinental railway.

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* Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under Corinne, Box Elder County, UT: ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **Note: HAER No. UT-64-H is within the boundaries of

Golden Spike National Historical Park Golden Spike National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park located at Promontory Summit, north of the Great Salt Lake in east-central Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The nearest city is Corinne, approximately east- ...

Trestle bridges in the United States Rail infrastructure in Utah Historic American Engineering Record in Utah National Register of Historic Places in Box Elder County, Utah Buildings and structures completed in 1869 Bridges in Utah Railroad bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah {{Utah-NRHP-stub

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