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SP/PE - West Basin Bascule Bridge

Los Angeles County, California

Photos 

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BH Photo #241911

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren baltimore through truss bascule bridge over West Basin/Turning Basin on Pacific Electric Railway/Southern Pacific Railroad
Location
San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California
Status
Removed
History
Built 1912; Removed 1955
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Per Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine, Volume 51)
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio (Per Railway and Marine News, Volume 9)
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- Interurban
- Pacific Electric Railway (PE)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
Design
Warren through truss bascule
Dimensions
Span length: 187.0 ft.
Total length: 187.0 ft.
Also called
SP - San Pedro River Bascule Bridge
PE - San Pedro River Bascule Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.75228, -118.27179   (decimal degrees)
33°45'08" N, 118°16'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/382209/3735416 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wilmington
Inventory number
BH 54137 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,508)
Baltimore through truss (322)
Baltimore truss (352)
Bascule (1,064)
Built 1912 (825)
Built during 1910s (9,637)
California (2,593)
Interurban (911)
King Bridge Co. (360)
Los Angeles County, California (383)
Lost (24,752)
Lost 1955 (87)
Lost during 1950s (678)
Machinery Bascule Span (11)
 Movable (2,975)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
Pacific Electric Railway (62)
Railroad (15,426)
San Pedro, California (1)
Southern Pacific Railroad (661)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,989)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (173)
Strauss Heel Trunnion Bascule (53)
Struck by watercraft (15)
Through truss (15,078)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,269)
Truss (32,802)

Update Log 

  • November 21, 2018: New photo from Luke
  • July 27, 2017: New photo from Luke
  • February 22, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • February 1, 2016: Updated by Luke: Reverted default image to a clearer view.
  • February 1, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • December 16, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • October 29, 2014: Updated by Luke: Refined GPS
  • October 29, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • July 18, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • July 14, 2014: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • July 22, 2013: New photos from Luke Harden
  • October 23, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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Comments 

SP/PE - San Pedro River Bascule Bridge
Posted March 18, 2017, by Douglas Butler

This railroad bascule bridge is similar to the B&O South Chicago rail bridge Baltimore warren truss was also struck few times then was removed in 1955. Much in common however the whole bridge was completely removed before the B&O Calumet River rail drawbridge only has the span torn from its supports in 1988 leaving but a counterweight bridge tower