El Dorado Trail - Weber Creek Bridge
Photos
El Dorado County, California Bridges: Southern Pacific Viaduct across Weber Creek (1)
Photo taken by Mark Yashinsky
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
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BH Photo #347762
Description
NOTE: The part between Forni and Missouri Flat Roads of the historic P&SVRR line was made into a trail but the rest was not.Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over Weber Creek and Lockie Road on El Dorado Trail
- Location
- Diamond Springs, El Dorado County, California
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1903, converted to El Dorado Trail unknown year.
- Railroads
- - Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad (P&SV)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Design
- Wooden-decked, rail-to-trail deck plate girder bridge with truss piers.
- Also called
- P&SV - Weber Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.70819, -120.81365 (decimal degrees)
38°42'29" N, 120°48'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/690104/4286663 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Placerville
- Inventory number
- BH 68170 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 30, 2016: Photos imported by Dave King
- November 28, 2015: Updated by Luke: Corrected build date
- June 24, 2015: Added by Erik Hoffman
Sources
- Erik Hoffman - norcalroadswebsite [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
- El Dorado County, California - Imagery + Info
- Trainweb - Foothill Rails - SP Placerville Branch - Imagery
Comments
FYI. The Railroad Trestle over Weber Creek was converted into the El Dorado Trail Bridge in 2009. This Trestle section of the EDT was completed on November 21, 2009.
I was replying to a note Erik had left in the description field saying that the rail-to-trail category was incorrect because it was a railroad bridge, or something along those lines.
I also silently added the railroad's category so I wouldn't steal his thunder.
The "rail-to-trail" category isn't incorrect, as that category exists on here for railroad bridges that were converted to trail use.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ca/el-dorado/bh68170/
FYI. The original P&SV Railroad Trestle was built in ~1886-1887 of wood. Railroad was completed and opened to Placerville in 1888. Old foundations are still visible under 1903 steel girder bridge (trestle).