Union Pacific Railroad Piru Creek Bridge

Photos 

Overview

View from new Center Street bridge, south and downstream of this bridge.

Photo taken by Karl Sweitzer

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Brief history 

The date of this bridge is built into its design. This is a typical steel through-truss, two span bridge built with designs from the American Bridge Company, started by JB Morgan in 1900. AB large-scale fabrications are visible throughout the United States and 60 nations. Among their more famous designs are the San Francisco Bridge, Empire State Building and Alaska Pipeline. This is the second railroad bridge built over Piru Creek. The first bridge was built in 1887.

Source: "http://portal.countyofventura.org/pls/portal/docs/PAGE/CEO/DIVISIONS/COMMUNITYDEVELOPMENT/RDA/ABOUT_PIRU/WALKING%20TOUR%20BROCHURE.PDF"

Note: This bridge has been designated a historical landmark in Ventura County by the Ventura County Genealogical Society (http://www.venturacogensoc.org/HistLand.htm).

Facts 

Overview

Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Piru Creek on Union Pacific Railroad in Piru

Location

Piru, Ventura County, California

Status

Abandoned

History

Built in 1902 by the American Bridge Company.

Builder

- American Bridge Co. of New York

Design

Pratt through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 320.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+34.41668, -118.78887   (decimal degrees)
34°25'00" N, 118°47'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

11/335603/3809808 (zone/easting/northing)

Elevation

690 ft. above sea level

USGS topographic map

Piru

Inventory number

BH 42629 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• April 23, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
• April 21, 2010: New photos from Craig Philpott
• May 30, 2009: Essay added by Karl Sweitzer

Sources 

• Karl Sweitzer - kesc [at] pacbell [dot] net
• Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu

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