Raymond Swing Bridge Traditional Geocache
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An eventful eight year run. Thanks to Ohjoy, utox2rox, philgeorge, and Pa of Da2Svedes for doing the Last Call.
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The Bridges of Pacific County: Raymond Swing Bridge
The Willapa Hills Trail will eventually stretch 56.2 miles between Chehalis and South Bend, rambling through pastoral valleys to the tidewaters of Willapa Bay. Currently only a few small sections of this rail-trail are paved or graveled. The rest of the trail is available on a "use-at-your-own-risk" basis. Current projections are for work on the trail to begin during or after 2015. Presently, for those that want to push the envelope, 32 bridges may be found along the way. We decided to push the envelope and find ways to bring you to each of them.
This cache will bring you to the westernmost bridge, the Raymond swing bridge, slated to be classified as a Heritage Area.
One of the last standing movable bridges in Washington State, the Raymond steel swing bridge, crossing the Willapa River, was built in 1910. It is described and accepted in the Cultural Resources Survey of the corridor as of “great engineering and historical interest.” It is the single largest railroad-era structure left on the corridor and is identified as being eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
As you stand on shore and look at this feat of engineering, imagine watching it swing aside to allow ships to pass through and then seeing it move slowly back into place for train traffic. Or think about boarding a train to cross the Willapa River over this incredible bridge. Allow yourself to be brought back for just a minute into a quieter, slower time in history.
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