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Eureka Slough Railroad Bridge

Humboldt County, California
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Eureka Slough RR bridge

Looking NW

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in May 2010

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Description 

Vertical lift deck truss. Extremely simple lift design. North pier is round and retain ring gear elements from previous use as center pier of former swing bridge.

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Eureka Slough on Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Location
Eureka, Humboldt County, California
Status
Closed to all traffic
Design
Vertical lift deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 719.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.80679, -124.14254   (decimal degrees)
40°48'24" N, 124°08'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/403629/4517937 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
11 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Eureka
Inventory number
BH 45220 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,055)
California (1,622)
Closed (2,074)
Concrete stringer (271)
Deck girder (1,802)
Eureka, California (1)
Girder (3,241)
Have street view (9,908)
Humboldt County, California (53)
 Movable (1,356)
Northwestern Pacific Railroad (13)
Owned by railroad (4,052)
Plate girder (2,253)
Southern Pacific Railroad (150)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,719)
Timber stringer (1,860)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Vertical lift (275)

Update Log 

  • April 10, 2013: New Street View added by Mike Goff
  • May 10, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu
  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com

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