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UP - Mokelumne River Bridge

San Joaquin County, California

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WP - Mokelumne River Bridge

California Drawbridges (Bernard C. Winn)

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

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BH Photo #289903

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Facts 

Overview
Pony plate girder swing bridge over Mokelumne River on Western Pacific RR
Location
San Joaquin County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1908
Railroads
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Western Pacific Railroad (WP)
Design
Pony plate girder swing
Also called
WP - Mokelumne River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.25415, -121.43190   (decimal degrees)
38°15'15" N, 121°25'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/637202/4235176 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bruceville
Inventory number
BH 62127 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1908 (711)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
California (2,593)
Girder (10,233)
Movable (2,969)
Open (39,884)
Owned by railroad (12,422)
 Plate girder (7,922)
Railroad (15,411)
San Joaquin County, California (56)
Swing (1,453)
Through girder (3,810)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,373)
Western Pacific Railroad (35)

Update Log 

  • February 19, 2018: New photos from Mark Noyes
  • February 1, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • July 30, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Mark Noyes - kin2all [at] yahoo [dot] com

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