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American River Union Pacific RR East

Sacramento County, California
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American Rvr Union Pacific East

Looking SW.

Photo taken by Craig Philpott

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Overview
Warren through truss bridge over American River on Union Pacific BNSF railroad
Location
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910
Design
Five span Warren Through Truss with extensive steel and concrete trestle approach across flood plane on North side.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 204.0 ft.
Total length: 2,244.0 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 30.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.59016, -121.45022   (decimal degrees)
38°35'25" N, 121°27'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/634972/4272436 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
49 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Sacramento East
Inventory number
BH 46034 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,155)
Built 1910 (745)
Built during 1910s (6,760)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (479)
California (1,631)
Concrete stringer (273)
Have street view (10,033)
Open (28,453)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
 Railroad (4,220)
Sacramento County, California (45)
Sacramento, California (12)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,489)
Through truss (9,250)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,223)
Truss (23,609)
Warren through truss (934)
Warren truss (3,956)

Update Log 

  • May 14, 2011: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • September 5, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott

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American River Union Pacific RR East
Posted May 3, 2013, by Zachary S

Should information be added about the old wooden trestle that burnt here be added? There are some interesting statistics here - http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?/topic/10901-fire-collapses-portion-of-railroad-trestle-in-sacramento/