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Santa Clara River Railroad Bridge

Los Angeles County, California
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Northward View Across the Bridge

Possibly the Oldest Railroad Bridge in Los Angeles County

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Santa Clara River on railroad in Santa Clarita
Location
Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County, California
Status
Closed to railroad traffic, popular jogging path
History
Built in 1898 to connect Ventura and Saugus mainly for agricultural freight.
Dimensions
Span length: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 200.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.42603, -118.57891   (decimal degrees)
34°25'34" N, 118°34'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/354916/3810525 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Newhall
Inventory number
BH 36615 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Built 1898 (161)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
California (1,622)
Have street view (9,889)
Los Angeles County, California (290)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Parker through truss (947)
 Parker truss (1,267)
Santa Clarita, California (2)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,483)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Truss (23,566)
Ventura County Railway (1)

Update Log 

  • October 6, 2012: Updated by Jann Mayer: Added a few details (length)
  • February 18, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Corrected GPS data
  • February 19, 2009: Updated by David Kimbrough
  • February 15, 2009: New photo from David Kimbrough
  • June 21, 2008: Updated by David Kimbrough
  • June 8, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson: Fixed "Name" "Status" and removed from a non-existant category
  • June 8, 2008: Updated by David Kimbrough
  • May 17, 2008: Updated by David Kimbrough
  • May 16, 2008: Added by David Kimbrough

Sources 

  • David Kimbrough - kimbrough-photo [at] charter [dot] net
  • Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu
  • Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com

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