Avila Truss Bridge No. 5

Photos 

Looking Northwest

Photo taken by unknown in 1980

License: Public domain: Released by author

Enlarge

BH Photo #309352

Map 

Street View 

• Remaining pier barely visible

Facts 

Overview

Lost Pratt bhrough truss bridge over San Luis Obispo Creek on Pacific Coast Railway/Avila Beach Drive

Location

Avila Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California

Status

Collapsed. One concrete peir remains.

History

Built 1883, converted to automobile bridge around 1941, abandoned 1967, collapsed 1981

Railroad

- Pacific Coast Railway (PCR)

Design

Wooden through truss

Also called

PCR - Avila Truss Bridge No. 5
Pacific Coast Railway Bridge # 5
PCR - San Luis Creek Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+35.17913, -120.73807   (decimal degrees)
35°10'45" N, 120°44'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

10/705972/3895251 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Pismo Beach

Inventory number

BH 55996 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• December 1, 2014: New photos from Dallam Oliver-Lee
• April 12, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Pacific Coast Railway", "Railroad", "Rail-to-road"
• April 12, 2013: Added by Jann Mayer

Sources 

• Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
• San Luis Obispo Tribune - Avila Truss Bridge No. 5 Pacific Coast Railroad - Brief history of the bridge
• San Luis Obispo Tribune - Avila truss bridge collapses, vestage of the Pacific Coast Railway - Article on the demise of the bridge
• Dallam Oliver-Lee - doliverlee [at] gmail [dot] com
• San Luis Obispo Tribune - Avila Truss Bridge 1966 - Image

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