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UP - Sacramento Arm Bridge
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Sacramento Arm Bridge
during low water at Shasta Lake
Photo taken by Michael Goff on February 15, 2008
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BH Photo #134104
Description
The bridge was constructed as part of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's relocation of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks during the construction of Shasta Dam.
Facts
- Overview
- Warren deck truss bridge over Sacramento Arm of Lake Shasta on Union Pacific Railroad
- Location
- Shasta County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1939
- Builder
- - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation of Washington, D.C. (Designer and Builder)
- Railroads
- - Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Three Warren deck truss spans and four steel plate girder approach spans.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 203.1 ft.
Total length: 1,040.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
- Also called
- Sacramento River Railroad Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.86694, -122.38806 (decimal degrees)
40°52'01" N, 122°23'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/551568/4524166 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Bohemotash Mountain
- Elevation
- 1105.0 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 39992 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 11, 2020: New Street View added by Doug Klingerman
- March 2, 2009: Updated by Michael Goff: Fixed Typo
- February 24, 2009: Added by Michael Goff
Sources
- Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Doug K