Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge

The Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge or Celilo Bridge is a single-track railroad bridge opened in 1912 over the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

Photo: Cacophony, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Celilo Falls and Wishram station.

Celilo Falls

Cliff

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Celilo Falls was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. Celilo Falls is situated 1,200 feet east of Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge.

Wishram station

Railway station

Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.

Wishram is a train station in Wishram, Washington, served by Amtrak's Empire Builder line. The station consists of a platform adjacent to a modern prefabricated building that contains BNSF offices. Wishram station is situated 1 mile northeast of Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge.

Fairbanks

Dwelling

Fairbanks is an unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. It is about 12 miles east of The Dalles, just south of U.S. Route 30/Interstate 84, near Fifteenmile Creek. Fairbanks is situated 2 miles southwest of Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Celilo Village and Wishram.

Celilo Village

Village

Photo: Tedder, CC BY 3.0.

Celilo Village, Oregon is an unincorporated Native American community on the Columbia River in northeastern Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is near Lake Celilo, the former site of Celilo Falls; it is just south of the community of Wishram, Washington, across the Columbia River.

Wishram

Village

Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.

Wishram is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. The population was 366 at the 2020 census.

Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge

Type: Bridge
Description: Railway bridge in the United States
Categories: vertical-lift bridge, railway bridge, and transportation
Location: Wasco, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.64871° or 45° 38′ 55″ north

Longitude

-120.98166° or 120° 58′ 54″ west

Open location code

84QXJ2X9+F8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 981045312

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=bridge

Wikidata ID

Q7101416

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German: “Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wishram Fire Department Station #11 and Celilo Park.

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