UPRR over the San Gabriel River

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UPRR over the San Gabriel River Eastward view from deck www.bridges-of-los-angeles-county.com View high-res version

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UPRR over the San Gabriel River Northwestward view from river bank. www.youtube.com/users/bridgesoflosangeles View high-res version

A Tangled Title Fogs Future 

This bridge built for railroad traffic but the UPRR spotted using this line long ago. When the San Gabriel River Freeway went in over the tracks, the California Department of Transportation (CalTRANS)performed improvement on the tracks and bridge to obtain the right of way over the tracks. Eventually the UPRR sold the land to a private party. The bridge has been declared a public hazard and money needs to spent to upgrade this bridge. UPRR insists that the bridge belongs to CalTRANS, CalTRANS says they only did work on it and it belongs to the party that owns the adjoining land. The land owner says he only bought the land, not the bridge. Mean while the City of Whittier wants to buy the bridge to extend its pedestrian & bicycle path - but from whom and under what conditions?

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over San Gabriel River on UPRR in Whittier

Location

Pico Rivera, Los Angeles County, California

Status

Open to Traffic

Design

Through truss

Approximate latitude, longitude

+34.00400, -118.07000   (decimal degrees)
34°00'14" N, 118°04'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

11/401190/3763115 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

El Monte

Inventory number

BH 36750 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 30, 2009: Updated by David Kimbrough
• June 26, 2008: Essay added by David Kimbrough

Sources 

• David Kimbrough - kimbrough-photo [at] charter [dot] net

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