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ARZC - Colorado River Bridge

San Bernardino County, California, and La Paz County, Arizona

Photos 

ARZC RR Bridge

Photo taken by Craig Philpott

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BH Photo #192223

Map 

Street Views 

Description 

The American Bridge Company provided the steel superstructure and the Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. constructed the substructure and erected the superstructure.

Facts 

Overview
Pennsylvania Through truss bridge over Colorado River on Arizona and California Railroad (ARZC)
Location
Bluewater, San Bernardino County, California, and La Paz County, Arizona
Status
Open to rail traffic only
History
Built 1908
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. of Leavenworth, Kansas
Railroads
- Arizona & California Railroad (ARZC)
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 284.0 ft.
Total length: 1,400.0 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
Also called
Parker Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.16021, -114.29890   (decimal degrees)
34°09'37" N, 114°17'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/749005/3783216 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Parker
Elevation
368 ft. above sea level
Inventory numbers
CA 54-999 (California bridge number)
BH 11308 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,386)
Arizona (300)
Arizona & California Railroad (1)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (340)
BNSF Railway (1,256)
Beam (14,434)
Bluewater, California (1)
Built 1907 (665)
Built during 1900s (6,819)
California (2,289)
Colorado River (42)
Have street view (25,463)
La Paz County, Arizona (4)
Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Co. (106)
 Open (38,212)
Owned by railroad (11,120)
Pennsylvania truss (445)
Pin-connected (3,700)
Railroad (14,386)
Riveted (2,053)
San Bernardino County, California (55)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,116)
State line crossing (787)
Through truss (14,086)
Timber stringer (3,715)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,744)
Truss (31,275)

Update Log 

  • November 23, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • September 14, 2016: New photo from Dave King
  • July 30, 2016: Updated by Luke: Image + builder
  • October 1, 2014: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • January 16, 2011: Updated by Craig Philpott: Corrected location, added photos
  • April 10, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: corrected the design and owner and status as RR bridge not highway bridge

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ARZC - Colorado River Bridge
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ARZC - Colorado River Bridge
Posted September 19, 2019, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

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ARZC - Colorado River Bridge
Posted September 16, 2019, by Jason Smith (flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com)

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ARZC - Colorado River Bridge
Posted September 16, 2019, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

News article about fire. https://www.parkerpioneer.net/news/article_3281c0de-d7f3-11e...

ARZC - Colorado River Bridge
Posted September 16, 2019, by Tony Burzio (tburzio [at] burnhamshops [dot] com)

Bridge damaged by fire.