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Looking north from Stenner Creek Road

The bridge was in need of new paint. This was shortly after Union Pacific acquired the bridge though the merger with Southern Pacific.

Photo taken by Jann Mayer in March 1999

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over Stenner Creek/Stenner Creek Road on Union Pacific Railroad/Amtrak
Location: San Luis Obispo County, California
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1894
Builder: - Thomas Thompson (contractor)
Design: Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Total length: 930.0 ft.
Also called: Stenner Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +35.31962, -120.68050 (decimal degrees)
35°19'11" N, 120°40'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/710850/3910956 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation: 400 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map: San Luis Obispo
Inventory number: BH 53566 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

April 11, 2013: Updated by Jann Mayer: Updated construction date, added link to article
September 21, 2012: New photo from Jann Mayer
September 20, 2012: New photo from Jann Mayer
September 19, 2012: Added by Jann Mayer

Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
Finding the lost bridge: Building the Stenner Creek Bridge part 1 - History of construction