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"I" Street Bridge (Yolo County, California)
Built 1911
Swing bridge over Sacramento River, carries railroad tracks and "I" Street in West Sacramento
Open to traffic

Alder Point Railroad Bridge (Humboldt County, California)
Built 1913 by the American Bridge Co.
Through truss bridge over Eel River on Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Closed to all traffic

Alturas Railroad Bridge (Modoc County, California)
Built 1925
Deck plate girder bridge over Pitt River on Union Pacific/Modoc Northern Railroad
Open to traffic

ATSF San Francisco Bay Ferries (San Francisco County, California)
Ferry across San Francisco Bay on Railroad
No Longer In Operation

Bizz Johnson Trail Devil's Corral Bridge (Lassen County, California)
Built 1913, Wooden stringer approaches replaced with steel stringers 1923.
Deck plate girder bridge over Susan River on Rail-Trail
Open to pedestrians only

C.B.R.L. - Coalbank Slough Bridge (Coos County, Oregon)
Built 1914
Deck plate girder bridge over Coalbank Slough on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.) in Coos Bay
Closed to all traffic

C.B.R.L. - Coos Bay Bridge (Coos County, Oregon)
Built 1914
Swing through truss bridge over Coos Bay on the Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.) in North Bend
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Coyote Creek Bridge (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1907, Line opened 1914
Warren through truss bridge over Coyote Creek on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Lake Creek Bridge (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1907, Line opened 1914
Warren through truss bridge over Lake Creek on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Long Tom River Bridge No. 1 (Lane County, Oregon)
Warren through truss bridge over Long Tom River on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Long Tom River Bridge No. 2 (Lane County, Oregon)
Warren through truss bridge over Long Tom River on the Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Long Tom River Bridge No. 3 (Lane County, Oregon)
Warren through truss bridge over Long Tom River on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Noti Creek Trestle (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1912, Modified for Vaughn Rd 1925
Deck plate girder bridge over Noti Creek & Vaughn Road on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Noti Creek Trestle (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1912
Deck plate girder bridge over Noti Creek on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Poodle Creek Bridge (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1907, Line opened 1914
Warren through truss bridge over Poodle Creek on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.) in Noti
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Siuslaw River Bridge No. 1 (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1913
Deck plate girder bridge over Siuslaw River on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Siuslaw River Bridge No. 2 (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1913, Line opened 1914
Warren through truss bridge over Siuslaw River on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Siuslaw River Bridge No. 3 (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1914
Warren through truss bridge over Siuslaw River on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Siuslaw River Bridge No. 4 (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1913, Line Opened 1914
Warren through truss bridge over Siuslaw River on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Siuslaw River Bridge No. 5 (Lane County, Oregon)
Camelback Pratt through truss bridge over Siuslaw River on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Siuslaw River Bridge No. 6 (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1913, Line Opened 1914
Warren through truss bridge over Siuslaw River on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Siuslaw River Bridge No. 7 (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1914, 2007 CORP Coos Bay Line Closed, Re-opened 2011
Swing span bridge over Siuslaw River on the Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.) in Cushman
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Umpqua River Bridge (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1914, 2007 CORP Coos Bay Line Closed, Re-opened 2011
Pratt through truss bridge with Warren swing span over Umpqua River Bridge on the Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.) in Reedsport
Open to traffic

C.B.R.L. - Wildcat Creek Bridge (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1907, Line opened 1914
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Wildcat Creek on Coos Bay Rail Link (C.B.R.L.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Calapooya Creek Bridge (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1906
Warren through truss bridge over Calapooya Creek on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Coast Fork Willamette River Bridge (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1916 by the Southern Pacific Railroad
Pratt through truss bridge over Coast Fork Willamette River on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Coast Fork Willamette River Bridge (Lane County, Oregon)
Built 1906 by the Southern Pacific Railroad
Warren through truss bridge over Coast Fork Willamette River on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Cow Creek Bridge (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1905
Pratt through truss bridge over Cow Creek on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Cow Creek Tunnel No. 2 (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1882
Tunnel on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Elk Creek Bridge (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1906 by the Southern Pacific Railroad
Warren through truss bridge over Elk Creek on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Grave Creek Trestle (Josephine County, Oregon)
Built 1903
Deck plate girder bridge over Grave Creek on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - North Umpqua River Bridge (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1906
Warren through truss bridge over North Umpqua River on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.) in Winchester
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Pass Creek Bridge No. 1 (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1906
Pratt through truss bridge over Pass Creek on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Pass Creek Bridge No. 2 (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1906
Pratt through truss bridge over Pass Creek on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Pass Creek Bridge No. 3 (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1906
Pratt through truss bridge over Pass Creek on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Pass Creek Bridge No. 4 (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1906
Warren through truss bridge over Pass Creek on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.) in Drain
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Rogue River Bridge (Jackson County, Oregon)
Built 1905, South span adjusted 1913
Warren through truss bridge over Rogue River on Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.) in Gold Hill
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Sardine Creek Bridge (Jackson County, Oregon)
Built 1906
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Sardine Creek on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - South Umpqua River Bridge (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1906
Pratt through truss bridge over South Umpqua River on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.) in Myrtle Creek
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Tunnel No. 13 (Jackson County, Oregon)
Built 1887, Site of the "Last Great Train Robbery of the West" on October 11, 1923.
Tunnel through the Siskiyou Mountains on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Tunnel No. 14 (Jackson County, Oregon)
Built 1887
Tunnel under Siskiyou Mountains on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Tunnel No. 15 (Jackson County, Oregon)
Built 1887
Tunnel under Siskiyou Mountains on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - Wall Creek Viaduct (Jackson County, Oregon)
Steel trestle over Wall Creek on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

C.O.R.P. - West Fork Cow Creek Bridge (Douglas County, Oregon)
Built 1905
Warren through truss bridge over West Fork Cow Creek on Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (C.O.R.P.)
Open to traffic

CA 89 Bridge (Nevada County, California)
Built 1929
Concrete arch bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on CA 89 in Truckee
Open to traffic

Charenton Canal RR Bridge (St. Mary Parish, Louisiana)
Through truss bridge over Charenton Canal on Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Southern Pacific)
Open

Comfort Railroad Bridge (Kendall County, Texas)
Built 1900-1906
Abandoned Parker Through Truss bridge over Gudalupe River on abandoned Railroad
Abandoned

Eel River Railroad bridge (Humboldt County, California)
Built early 1900's rebuilt 1965 after flood damage
Pratt and Warren through truss bridge over Eel River on Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Closed to all traffic

Elko Railroad Bridge (Elko County, Nevada)
Through truss bridge over Humboldt River on Railroad
Open to traffic

Eureka Slough Railroad Bridge (Humboldt County, California)
Deck plate girder bridge over Eureka Slough on Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Closed to all traffic

Hays Street Bridge (Bexar County, Texas)
Built either in 1881 crossing the Nueces River or in 1887 crossing the Atchafalaya basin, and was moved to current location in 1908-1911. (available information disagrees)
Whipple-Phoenix / Pratt through truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on Hays Street
Open to pedestrians

Haystack's Landing Bridge (Old) (Sonoma County, California)
Built 1903
Warren through truss bridge over Pataluma River on Railroad (SMART)
Open to traffic

HB&T Buffalo Bayou Bridge (Harris County, Texas)
Through truss bridge over Buffalo Bayou on Railroad
Open to traffic

HB&T Old Spanish Trail Overpass (Harris County, Texas)
Built 1934
Deck plate girder bridge over Old Spanish trail/US 90 on Railroad
Open to traffic

Healdsburg Railroad Bridge (Sonoma County, California)
Built 1921 to replace earlier timber bridge
Subdivided Warren through truss bridge over Russian River on Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Closed

Henley Bridge (Miller County, Missouri)
Bridge built at Hoecker/Henley, MO in 1903 for Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad.
Through truss bridge over the Osage River on the Rock Island Railroad
Rail line currently out of service

Humboldt River Railroad Bridge (Elko County, Nevada)
Through truss bridge over Humboldt River on Railroad
Open to traffic

Humboldt River Railroad Bridge (Elko County, Nevada)
Pratt through truss bridge over Humboldt River on Railroad
Open to traffic

Humboldt River Railroad Bridge (Elko County, Nevada)
Pratt through truss bridge over Humboldt River on Railroad
Open to traffic

Humboldt River Railroad Bridge West (Elko County, Nevada)
Pratt through truss bridge over Humboldt River on Railroad
Open to traffic

I-5 - Pit River Bridge (Shasta County, California)
Built 1941
Double deck, deck truss bridge over Shasta Lake (Pit River Arm) on I-5 & Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

Iceland Railroad Bridge (Nevada County, California)
Built 1907 by the American Bridge Co.
Camelback through truss bridge over Truckee River on BNSF Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

Inner Harbor Railroad Bridge (Alameda County, California)
Built 1951
Vertical lift bridge over Oakland Inner Harbor on former Southern Pacific Railroad in Oakland


Island Mountain Railroad Bridge (Trinity County, California)
Warren through truss bridge over Eel River on Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Closed to all traffic

J. Robert Chapman Memorial Bridge (Solano County, California)
Built 1906, abandoned 1960's, rehabilitated, pedestrian, 2006.
Pratt through truss bridge over Putah Creek on Pedestrian Walkway in Winters
Open to pedestrians

KCS Colorado River Bridge (Wharton County, Texas)
Built 1903; abandoned 1986, re-opened 2009
Through truss bridge over Colorado River on the Kansas City Southern railway
Open to traffic

Lake Bigeaux Rail Trestle (St. Martin Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1908
Abandoned bridge over Lake Bigeaux on Southern Pacific Railroad
Removed

Loleta Railroad Trestle (Humboldt County, California)
Deck plate girder bridge over Loleta creek on Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Closed to all traffic

Lucin Cutoff Trestle (Box Elder County, Utah)
Built 1904 for the Southern Pacific Railroad, supplanted by an earthen causeway in 1959, closed to traffic in 1993
Lost Timber stringer over Great Salt Lake on Southern Pacific Railroad
Replaced by earthen causeway

Mill Creek Bridge (Wabaunsee County, Kansas)
Through truss bridge over Mill Creek on Southern Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

Mill Creek Bridge (Wabaunsee County, Kansas)
Through truss bridge over Mill Creek on Southern Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

Mill Creek Bridge (Wabaunsee County, Kansas)
Deck plate girder bridge over Mill Creek on Southern Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

Morrison-Knudsen Crossing (Box Elder County, Utah)
Built 1958
Concrete rigid frame bridge over Great Salt Lake on Railroad
Open to traffic

Mossdale RR Bridge West (San Joaquin County, California)
Warren through truss bridge over San Joaquin River on Southern Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

O.C.&E. - A Canal Bridge (Klamath County, Oregon)
Built 1898, 1917 Relocated to Klamath Falls
Pratt through truss bridge over A Canal on Oregon, California & Eastern Railroad Trail
Open to pedestrians

P.N.W.R. - Willamette River Bridge (Linn County, Oregon)
Built 1921 by the Southern Pacific Railroad
Swing span through truss bridge over Willamette River on Portland and Western Railroad (P.N.W.R.) in Albany
Open to traffic

Patrick Railroad Bridge (Washoe County, Nevada)
Built 1902
Parker through truss bridge over Truckee River on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic

PE San Pedro River Bascule Bridge (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1912 Removed sometime betwixt 1955-58
Lost Through truss bridge over West Basin on Railroad
Removed

PE Torrance Boulevard Overpass (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1913
Concrete tee beam bridge over Torrance Blvd on the Southern Pacific RR in Torrance
Plans to open to pedestrians but this has not yet happened.

Salt Creek Railroad Bridge (Riverside County, California)
Deck plate girder bridge over Salt Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

San Fernando Railroad Tunnel (Los Angeles County, California)
Work started March 22, 1875, opened August 12, 1876.
Tunnel under Freemont Pass/San Fernando Pass on Union Pacific Railroad/Metrolink
Open to traffic

Santa Ana River Railroad Bridge (Riverside County, California)
Built 1904
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Santa Ana River on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

Sicard UP Underpass (Ouachita Parish, Louisiana)
Built 1936
Steel stringer bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on US-80
Open to traffic

Southern Pacific Carquinez Strait Bridge (Contra Costa County, California)
Originally built for the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1929-1930, this is the last simple truss railroad bridge built in the United States at a new location (i.e. where none had existed before).
Warren through truss bridge over Carquinez Strait on double track of Union Pacific Railroad in Martinez
Open to traffic

Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge (El Paso County, Texas)
Built 1917
Deck truss bridge over the Rio Grande on Southern Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge (Sacramento County, California)
Built 1884 by Phoenix Bridge Company, originally located near Saugus, later relocated to Tehachapi Creek and later to Danville
Pratt through truss bridge on Display train
Intact but closed to all traffic

Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge 1917 (El Paso County, Texas)
Built 1917
Deck truss bridge over Rio Grande on Southern Pacific Railroad
Open to rail traffic

SP Brazos River Bridge (Waller County, Texas)
Lost Through truss bridge over Brazos River on Railroad
Collapsed

SP Culvert (Lee County, Texas)
Built 1928
Abandoned concrete culvert bridge over Unknown Stream on Railroad
Abandoned

SP Truckee River Bridge (Washoe County, Nevada)
Built in 1907 when the mainline ran along this route but was subsequently re-routed south of the Truckee River. In 1913, it became part of the Fernley Lassen Railroad Line which operated until 1955. The line was officially abandoned in1978.
Through truss bridge over Truckee River on Railroad (UP)
Open to pedestrians only

SPRR Bridge over Victory Place (Los Angeles County, California)
Built 1932
Bridge over Victory Place on Southern Pacific, Amtrak, and Metrolink in Burbank
Open to Traffic

Steamboat Slough Swing Bridge (Sonoma County, California)
Built 1905 by the San Francisco and Napa Valley RR (later Southern Pacific), abandoned 1933, destroyed by fire in mid 1950s
Lost Through truss bridge over Steamboat Slough on San Francisco and Napa Railroad/Southern Pacific Railroad
Destroyed by fire

Steel Bridge (Multnomah County, Oregon)
Built 1912
Vertical-lift through truss bridge over Willamette River on OR 99W in Portland
Open to highway and light rail traffic on upper deck; bicycle/pedestrian and rail traffic on lower deck

Summit Tunnel (Placer County, California)
Built by the Central Pacific Railway as part of the original transcontinental railway to finally cross the Sierra's at Donner Pass
Abandoned tunnel on former Central Pacific (later SP) Railroad
Abandoned

T & NO RR Bridge (Angelina County, Texas)
Built 1949
Steel stringer bridge over Us 59 on Texas and New Orleans Railroad
Open to traffic

Tehama Railroad Bridge (Tehama County, California)
Built 1871, "Washed out" 1881, Replaced 1898
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Sacramento River on California and Oregon Railroad
Destroyed by flood

Tijiguas Trestle (Santa Barbara County, California)
Deck plate girder bridge over Arroyo Hondo Creek on Southern Pacific RR Coast Line
Open to traffic

Truckee River Railroad Bridge (Nevada County, California)
Lost Bridge over Truckee River on Union Pacific BNSF Railroad
Replaced by new bridge

U.P.R.R. - Calapooia River Bridge (Linn County, Oregon)
Built 1906 by the Southern Pacific Railroad
Warren through truss bridge over Calapooia River on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

U.P.R.R. - Doney Creek Bridge (Shasta County, California)
Built 1939
Warren deck truss bridge over Doney Creek (Shasta Lake) on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic