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P&SVRR - Deer Creek Bridge

El Dorado County, California

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by Erik Hoffman in October 2015

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BH Photo #339378

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Deer Creek on Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad (P&SVRR)
Location
El Dorado County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1970's to replace a similar bridge built in 1864, still in use on a preserved railroad.
Railroads
- El Dorado Western Railroad (EDW)
- Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad (P&SV)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
Design
Deck plate girder bridge.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.59875, -121.02991   (decimal degrees)
38°35'56" N, 121°01'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/671560/4274091 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Folsom SE
Elevation
475 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 68147 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1970 (126)
Built during 1970s (995)
California (2,722)
Deck girder (6,338)
El Dorado County, California (83)
El Dorado Western Railroad (2)
 Girder (11,228)
Open (41,012)
Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad (6)
Plate girder (8,776)
Railroad (16,520)
Southern Pacific Railroad (698)

Update Log 

  • October 13, 2015: Updated by Erik Hoffman: New photos from Erik Hoffman
  • June 22, 2015: Added by Erik Hoffman

Sources 

  • Erik Hoffman - norcalroadswebsite [at] gmail [dot] com

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