BNSF - Topock Bridge

Photos 

Colorado River RR bridge Topcock

Looking NE from CA side

Photo taken by Craig Philpott

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BH Photo #192266

Map 

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Description 

Facts 

Overview

Warren deck truss bridge over Colorado River on BNSF RR

Location

Topock, 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 

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 

• Red Rock Bridge (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Engineering News-Record 1945-06-21: Vol 134 Iss 25

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