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ABL - Fruitvale Bridge

Alameda County, California

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SP RR bridge across Oakland Inner Harbor

up position, looking SE.

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in November 2009

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BH Photo #149033

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Overview
Vertical lift bridge over Oakland Inner Harbor on Alameda Belt Line
Location
Alameda, Alameda County, California
Status
Abandoned
Future prospects
The City of Alameda hopes to someday use the bridge for light rail transport connecting Alameda to Oakland.
History
Built 1951; Officially abandoned by the Alameda Belt Line in 2012
Builder
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of Washington, D.C.
Railroads
- Alameda Belt Line (ABL)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
Design
Vertical lift
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 213.9 ft.
Total length: 420.0 ft.
Also called
Fruitvale Railroad Bridge
ABL - Inner Harbor Bridge
Inner Harbor Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.76905, -122.23050   (decimal degrees)
37°46'09" N, 122°13'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/567771/4180469 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Oakland East
Inventory number
BH 10790 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,191)
Alameda Belt Line (2)
Alameda County, California (70)
Alameda, California (12)
Built 1951 (251)
Built during 1950s (3,451)
California (2,164)
Have street view (24,062)
Movable (2,760)
Oakland, California (34)
Owned by Corps of Engineers (80)
Owned by federal government (1,023)
 Railroad (13,851)
Southern Pacific Railroad (517)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,843)
Through truss (13,232)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,750)
Tower Drive Vertical Lift (65)
Truss (29,973)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (32)
Vertical lift (393)
Warren through truss (1,508)
Warren truss (5,963)

Update Log 

  • April 11, 2018: New Street View added by Luke
  • October 7, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 1, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 7, 2014: Updated by Luke: Fixed wayward GPS coords, merged info from a redundant entry
  • September 7, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • April 8, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • November 10, 2009: New photos from Craig Philpott

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Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke
  • Oakland Wiki - Info
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Inner Harbor Railroad Bridge
Posted April 12, 2011, by Ken (kens [at] acpwa [dot] org)

The bridge is not abandoned. Its not being used at this time by Union Pacific Railroad and is owned by the Army Corp of Engineers. The bridge is maintained and operational. It's against Federal law to abandon a drawbridge over a navigable waterway even if its not being used. The bridge either has to be maintained and operational, the water way navigable or the bridge removed.