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PE Torrance Boulevard Overpass

Los Angeles County, California
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SPRR over Torrance Blvd.

Northeast view from embankment

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Overview
Concrete tee beam bridge over Torrance Blvd on the Southern Pacific RR in Torrance
Location
Torrance, Los Angeles County, California
Status
Plans to open to pedestrians but this has not yet happened.
History
Built 1913
Builder
- Irving Gill (Architect)
Design
Concrete tee beam
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 34.1 ft.
Total length: 153.9 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1989
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.83833, -118.31000   (decimal degrees)
33°50'18" N, 118°18'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/378791/3745002 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Torrance
Inventory numbers
CA 53C-1564 (California bridge number)
BH 36749 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
30,000

Categories 

Beam (6,038)
Built 1913 (507)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
California (1,615)
Closed (2,071)
Concrete tee beam (1,077)
Have street view (9,883)
Interurban (122)
Irving Gill (1)
 Los Angeles County, California (290)
NR-listed (2,353)
Owned by city (3,048)
Pacific Electric Railway (14)
Railroad (4,068)
Southern Pacific Railroad (150)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,048)
Torrance, California (2)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,136)

Update Log 

  • October 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Corrected name to most commonlu used name
  • October 3, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Edited Bridge
  • April 22, 2010: Updated by Ed Hollowell: Added Architect and date of listing NRHP
  • June 26, 2008: Updated by Max Johnson: Added to Southern Pacific railroad category
  • June 26, 2008: Added by David Kimbrough

Sources 

  • David Kimbrough - kimbrough-photo [at] charter [dot] net
  • Ed Hollowell - erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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SPRR over Torrance Blvd.
Posted February 14, 2012, by Thomas Cockle (tcockle [at] suddenlink [dot] net)

This bridge was actually built by Pacific Electric, which was a more-or-less independent subsidiary of Southern Pacific until absorbed into SP in 1965. It was built to reach a Columbia Steel plant, and crossed over the PE San Pedro via Gardena and Torrance Line running under the two, taller, center arches of the bridge, between the dual roadways of Torrance Blvd. under the outer, lower, arches. This was one of the few places where one Pacific Electric line crossed over another via a grade separation.

SPRR over Torrance Blvd.
Posted April 22, 2010, by Ed Hollowell (erhollowell [at] aol [dot] com)

I was at this bridge today and was quite surprised to find that it is not open to pedestrian traffic. It's a puzzle. The track has been lifted from the railroad right-of-way but not the actual bridge deck. The deck is fenced with locked gates. I will post photos.