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Colorado River Railroad Bridge

San Bernardino County, California, and Mohave County, Arizona
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Colorado River RR bridge Topcock

Looking NE from CA side

Photo taken by Craig Philpott

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Overview
Warren deck truss bridge over Colorado River on Union Pacific, BNSF RR
Location
Needles, San Bernardino County, California, and Mohave County, Arizona
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1945
Design
Steel subdivided Warren Deck Truss.
Also called
Needles Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.71811, -114.48720   (decimal degrees)
34°43'05" N, 114°29'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/730106/3844658 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Topock
Inventory number
BH 46744 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arizona (154)
Built 1945 (166)
Built during 1940s (2,808)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (480)
California (1,631)
Colorado River (18)
Deck girder (1,832)
Deck truss (961)
Girder (3,288)
Have street view (10,036)
Mohave County, Arizona (9)
 Needles, California (3)
Open (28,453)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
Plate girder (2,285)
San Bernardino County, California (120)
State line crossing (515)
Truss (23,615)
Union Pacific Railroad (832)
Warren deck truss (343)
Warren truss (3,959)

Update Log 

  • January 16, 2011: New photos from Craig Philpott
  • October 31, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott

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