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UP - Benicia Railroad Trestle

Solano County, California

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Benicia RR trestle

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in March 2010

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BH Photo #158091

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Description 

Elevated single track steel deck plate truss railroad trestle.

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge on Union Pacific Railroad over Marsh
Location
Benicia, Solano County, California
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 1,834.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.07312, -122.12301   (decimal degrees)
38°04'23" N, 122°07'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/576921/4214290 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Vine Hill
Inventory number
BH 44454 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Benicia, California (2)
California (2,475)
Continuous (2,430)
Deck girder (5,631)
Girder (9,949)
Have street view (26,371)
Open (39,435)
Owned by railroad (12,098)
 Plate girder (7,706)
Solano County, California (45)
Southern Pacific Railroad (618)
Steel Trestle (151)
Tall Bridges (322)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,853)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,346)

Update Log 

  • March 14, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added street view

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UP - Benicia Railroad Trestle
Posted February 12, 2020, by Gordon Osmundson (gophoto [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Southern Pacific train 101 the City of San Francisco crosses the viaduct circa 1965.