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PE - Fletcher Drive Trestle

Los Angeles County, California

Photos 

As built after 1928 modifications

Photo taken by Donald Duke, uploaded by Flickr user Atwater Village Newbie

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #235112

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Fletcher Drive on Pacific Electric Railway
Location
Glendale, Los Angeles County, California
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Buitl 1904 as timber trestle, rebuilt 1928 with deck girder main span, Demolished 1959
Railroads
- Interurban
- Pacific Electric Railway (PE)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 97.0 ft.
Total length: 453.0 ft.
Also called
PE Fletcher Drive Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.10565, -118.25689   (decimal degrees)
34°06'20" N, 118°15'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/384069/3774583 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hollywood
Inventory number
BH 52882 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (12,762)
Built 1904 (496)
Built during 1900s (6,434)
California (2,146)
Deck girder (4,766)
Girder (8,494)
Glendale, California (8)
Interurban (820)
Los Angeles County, California (347)
Lost (19,649)
 Lost 1959 (52)
Lost during 1950s (416)
Pacific Electric Railway (59)
Plate girder (6,518)
Railroad (13,688)
Span length 75-100 feet (5,926)
Timber Trestle (57)
Timber stringer (3,412)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,704)

Update Log 

  • March 14, 2016: New photo from Luke
  • March 13, 2016: New photos from Luke
  • September 5, 2014: New photo from Luke
  • February 7, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added loss date
  • July 13, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • July 13, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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