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China Basin Bridge (1905)

San Francisco County, California

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China Basin Bridge (Old)

California Drawbridges (Bernard C. Winn)

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #286065

Map 

Description 

A bascule bridge is a Page type designed by John W Page he worked with Shnable and Strauss on Trunnion bascule bridges, few of the types were constructed.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Truss bridge over China Basin/Mission Creek on Third Street
Location
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1904/1905; Replaced in 1933
Builders
- Joseph Strauss
- Page & Schnable of Chicago, Illinois
Railroad
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
Design
Truss bascule
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.77688, -122.39030   (decimal degrees)
37°46'37" N, 122°23'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/553691/4181235 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
San Francisco North
Inventory number
BH 61474 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (449)
Bascule (1,060)
Built 1905 (799)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
California (2,593)
Joseph Strauss (10)
Lost (24,723)
Lost 1933 (48)
Lost during 1930s (621)
Movable (2,969)
 Navigable waterway (2,152)
Owned by city (5,399)
Page & Schnable (4)
Rail-and-Road (377)
Railroad (15,411)
Replaced by new bridge (16,571)
San Francisco County, California (62)
San Francisco, California (59)
Truss (32,776)

Update Log 

  • July 28, 2017: New photo from Luke
  • February 1, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • June 21, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke

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