Locomotive Engine Emerging From the Covered Milwaukee Trestle
Monroe Historical Society photo #1431

An engine emerges from the longest covered railroad trestle in the world across the Skykomish River at Monroe at Buck Island. It was completed in 1939 and was 450 feet in length. It replaced and earlier covered bridge built in 1911 about 200 feet upstream from this location. That bridge consisted of five covered Howe Trusses and was 750 feet in length. The bridge was relocated when the Milwaukee Road abandoned their tracks between Monroe and Everett because of the high cost of maintenance and decided to use the Great Northern tracks instead. As a result their tracks had to be relocated for the merge with the Great Northern mainline. Photo looks south from the Buck Island side.