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Aptos Creek Railroad Bridge

Santa Cruz County, California
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Aptos Creek RR Bridge

Photo taken by Craig Philpott

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge
Location
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California
Status
Open to pedestrians
Design
Railroad bridge which is a combination of deck plate girder and pony plate girder sections.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.97644, -121.90391   (decimal degrees)
36°58'35" N, 121°54'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/597557/4092820 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Soquel
Inventory number
BH 46326 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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California (1,622)
Deck girder (1,802)
Girder (3,241)
Have street view (9,909)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Plate girder (2,253)
 Preserved (652)
Rail-to-trail (496)
Santa Cruz County, California (22)
Santa Cruz, California (4)
Through girder (1,137)

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  • September 25, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott

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Aptos Creek Railroad Bridge
Posted January 24, 2011, by Craig Philpott (cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu)

Kelly, you make a very good point, this bridge is "semi-active" and would need to be used if any rolling stock is moved into the area. I suspect the Capitola bridge you refer to this this one. http://bridgehunter.com/ca/santa-cruz/bh46748/

Aptos Creek Railroad Bridge
Posted January 24, 2011, by Kelly McClanahan (KMCCLA [at] aol [dot] com)

Keep in mind this is still an semi-active rail line. It was owned by the UP, but was just sold to the Santa Cruz County. The line will operated by Sierra Northern Railroad. Although I do not live in the area, I have been there (my grandmother lived in Watsonville). There is also a great bridge at Capitola.