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BNSF - Stanislaus River Bridge

Stanislaus County, California, and San Joaquin County, California

Photos 

Contextual Oblique View To Southeast Showing Downstream (West) Side Of Bridge In Setting

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #224891

Map 

Description 

The Stanislaus River Bridge, also known as Bridge Number A-1096.719, determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, represents a rare extant truss bridge in California's San Joaquin Valley. The bridge has a direct historical link to --and helped facilitate-- improvements to, and expansion of, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway [hereinafter Santa Fe] in the San Joaquin Valley. These improvements and expansions helped to further break the monopoly long held by the Southern Pacific Railroad, fostering widespread settlement and agricultural development in this Valley in the first two decades of the 20th century.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Stanislaus River on BNSF Railway
Location
Riverbank, Stanislaus County, California, and San Joaquin County, California
History
Built 1905, Truss span replaced with deck girder ca. 1995
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York (Fabricator)
Railroads
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Design
Pin-connected Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 175.0 ft.
Total length: 655.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 22.0 ft.
Also called
ATSF- Stanislaus River Bridge
Bridge No. A-1096,719
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.74219, -120.94210   (decimal degrees)
37°44'32" N, 120°56'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/681318/4179204 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Riverbank
Inventory number
BH 51217 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

7-panel truss (373)
American Bridge Co. (1,505)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (449)
BNSF Railway (1,506)
Built 1905 (799)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
California (2,593)
HAER documented (1,106)
Lost (24,730)
Owned by railroad (12,422)
Pin-connected (3,901)
 Pratt through truss (5,389)
Pratt truss (9,296)
Railroad (15,412)
Riverbank, California (1)
San Joaquin County, California (56)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,987)
Stanislaus County, California (28)
Superstructure replaced (77)
Through truss (15,060)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)
Truss (32,782)

Update Log 

  • April 6, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway"
  • February 6, 2012: Added by Mike Goff

Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • HAER CA-161 - Stanislaus River Bridge, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway at Stanislaus River, Riverbank, Stanislaus County, CA

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