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Park Street Bridge (1934)

Alameda County, California

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Park Street Bridge

Looking NE.

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in November 2009

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BH Photo #149040

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Overview
Double leaf Bascule bridge over Oakland Estuary on Park Street in Oakland
Location
Oakland, Alameda County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1934
Builder
- MacDonald & Kahn Co. Ltd. of San Francisco, California
Design
Double leaf Bascule drawbridge
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 145.0 ft.
Total length: 700.2 ft.
Deck width: 44.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.77194, -122.23583   (decimal degrees)
37°46'19" N, 122°14'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/567299/4180787 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Oakland East
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
41,000
Inventory numbers
CA 33C-27 (California bridge number)
BH 10798 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 63.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Alameda County, California (90)
Bascule (1,104)
Built 1934 (835)
Built during 1930s (12,248)
California (2,733)
Have street view (29,908)
MacDonald & Kahn Co. Ltd. (2)
Movable (3,157)
 Navigable waterway (2,224)
Oakland, California (35)
Open (41,205)
Owned by county (21,721)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,498)
Steel grate deck (471)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,134)

Update Log 

  • April 11, 2018: New Street View added by Luke
  • September 12, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • April 8, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Corrected name
  • November 10, 2009: New photos from Craig Philpott

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Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke
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Park Street Bridge (1934)
Posted August 14, 2021, by William P. (trainmanwp [at] aol [dot] com)

This is the same bridge used in the 1995 movie "The Net." Sandra Bullock's character uses this bridge to escape her assailant pursuing and trying to kill her.

I mention this in case no one else did.