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UP - Mud Slough Bridge

Alameda County, California

Photo 

UP - Mud Slough Drawbridge

In operation

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #290259

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Mud Slough on Union Pacific RR
Location
Alviso, Alameda County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1905
Railroads
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder swing
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.46911, -121.97380   (decimal degrees)
37°28'09" N, 121°58'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/590744/4147408 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Milpitas
Inventory number
BH 62234 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alameda County, California (86)
Alviso, California (2)
Built 1905 (822)
Built during 1900s (7,650)
California (2,712)
Deck girder (6,307)
Girder (11,178)
Movable (3,117)
 Open (40,970)
Owned by railroad (13,506)
Plate girder (8,732)
Railroad (16,463)
Southern Pacific Railroad (690)
Swing (1,563)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,474)

Update Log 

  • August 2, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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UP - Mud Slough Bridge
Posted April 30, 2021, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

I am not sure where the listed 1905 date came from for this bridge, but the bridge seen today is a girder of bolted and welded construction so likely dates to after 1950.

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