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BNSF Santa Margarita River Bridge

San Diego County, California
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Description 

This historic bridge is being replaced by a double track concrete trestle. It is highly visible as it is in between the northbound and southbound lanes of I-5. It still sports its "Ship and travel Santa Fe" slogan and is one of very few truss bridges in San Diego County.

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Santa Margarita River on BNSF/MTSD/Amtrak
Location
San Diego County, California
Status
Open, but about to be demolished
Future prospects
A replacement bridge is being built alongside. When complete, this bridge will be removed.
History
Originally built in 1918, but the center span was washed out ina flood and replaced in 1926
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Total length: 720.0 ft.
Also called
ATSF Santa Margarita River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+33.23548, -117.40642   (decimal degrees)
33°14'08" N, 117°24'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/462134/3677466 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
10 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Oceanside
Inventory number
BH 53712 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (159)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (81)
Built 1927 (533)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (465)
California (1,622)
Deck girder (1,801)
Doomed (804)
Girder (3,238)
Have street view (9,894)
Open (28,313)
 Owned by railroad (4,046)
Plate girder (2,251)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Railroad (4,075)
San Diego County, California (23)
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (1)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • February 25, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway", "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway", "Amtrak"
  • September 30, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "San Diego Metropolitan Transit System", "Railroad", "Amtrak", "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway", "Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway"
  • September 29, 2012: Added by Jann Mayer

Sources 

  • Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com

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