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BNSF - Topock Bridge

San Bernardino County, California, and Mohave County, Arizona

Photos 

Colorado River RR bridge Topcock

Looking NE from CA side

Photo taken by Craig Philpott

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BH Photo #192266

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Four 100-foot deck girders, three 350-foot Warren deck trusses; and one 50-foot beam span.

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss bridge over Colorado River on BNSF RR
Location
Needles, San Bernardino County, California, and Mohave County, Arizona
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1945
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Design
Steel subdivided Warren Deck Truss.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 350.0 ft.
Total length: 1,507.0 ft.
Also called
BNSF - Colorado River Bridge
BNSF - Needles 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)
Quadrangle map:
Topock
Inventory number
BH 46744 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,564)
Arizona (331)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (457)
BNSF Railway (1,558)
Built 1945 (278)
Built during 1940s (4,153)
California (2,662)
Colorado River (55)
Deck girder (6,039)
Deck truss (1,828)
Girder (10,731)
Have street view (27,732)
Mohave County, Arizona (33)
 Needles, California (4)
Open (40,252)
Owned by railroad (12,991)
Plate girder (8,353)
San Bernardino County, California (77)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,222)
State line crossing (877)
Topock, Arizona (6)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,923)
Truss (33,927)
Warren deck truss (617)
Warren truss (6,735)

Update Log 

  • September 25, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • November 16, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway"
  • November 16, 2013: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "US 66"
  • January 16, 2011: New photos from Craig Philpott
  • October 31, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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