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BNSF - Pacific Coast Highway Offramp Overpass

Orange County, California

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BNSF / PCH Overpass

Located at Milepost 200.2 on the Metrolink Orange County Subdivision. Sees approximately 40 trains a day, a fair number of which pass each other at the siding several hundred feet to the north.

Photo taken by Alex Lewis in August 2014

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BH Photo #294133

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Description 

One of two surviving bridges of the PCH / Santa Fe grade separation.

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over S1-Coast Highway Offramp on Bnsf,Amtrak,Metro
Location
Dana Point, Orange County, California
Status
Open to railroad traffic
History
Built 1927
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Commuter Rail
- Metrolink (Southern California) (SCAX)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 79.1 ft.
Total length: 80.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.46278, -117.68000   (decimal degrees)
33°27'46" N, 117°40'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/436810/3702799 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dana Point
Inventory numbers
CA 55-7 (California bridge number)
BH 59739 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (536)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (449)
BNSF Railway (1,509)
Built 1927 (862)
Built during 1920s (9,925)
California (2,593)
Commuter Rail (439)
Dana Point, California (1)
Girder (10,237)
Have street view (26,948)
 Metrolink (Southern California) (21)
Open (39,884)
Orange County, California (32)
Owned by railroad (12,424)
Pacific Coast Highway (21)
Plate girder (7,926)
Railroad (15,426)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,431)
Through girder (3,810)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,584)

Update Log 

  • May 8, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 11, 2014: New photo from Alex Lewis
  • February 15, 2014: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Alex Lewis
  • Geoff Hubbs

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