BNSF - Los Angeles River Bridge

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Overview

Through truss bridge over Los Angeles River on BNSF Railroad

Location

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1897; EB Deck plate girder build 1925; Western truss replaced sometime in the 1990s

Railroads

- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Commuter Rail
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACM)

Design

WB Main: 2 149' Pratt through trusses (One replaced in the 1990s)
EB Main: 4 75' deck plate girders

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 306.0 ft.
Deck width: 33.0 ft.

Also called

ATSF - Los Angeles River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+34.01620, -118.22293   (decimal degrees)
34°00'58" N, 118°13'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

11/387083/3764626 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Los Angeles

Inventory number

BH 62802 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• May 11, 2022: New photo from Luke
• June 28, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added build dates and dimensions
• September 2, 2014: New Street View added by Royce and Bobette Haley

Sources 

• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Luke

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