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UP - Pismo Creek Bridge

San Luis Obispo County, California

Photos 

View from the north

Photo taken by Jann Mayer in March 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #252457

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Pismo Creek on Union Pacific Railroad (formerly SP RR)
Location
Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1909
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Amtrak California (CDTX)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Total length: 150.0 ft.
Also called
SP Pismo Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.14296, -120.63271   (decimal degrees)
35°08'35" N, 120°37'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/715664/3891462 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pismo Beach
Inventory number
BH 51138 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,764)
Amtrak California (20)
Built 1909 (829)
Built during 1900s (7,946)
California (2,804)
Harriman Lines Common Standard Truss (48)
Have street view (30,435)
Open (41,454)
Owned by railroad (14,145)
Pismo Beach, California (4)
 Railroad (17,008)
San Luis Obispo County, California (64)
Southern Pacific Railroad (724)
Through truss (19,040)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,474)
Truss (38,327)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,511)
Warren through truss (1,738)
Warren through truss with all verticals (465)
Warren truss (7,182)

Update Log 

  • December 1, 2014: New photo from Dallam Oliver-Lee
  • July 31, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Amtrak California"
  • April 24, 2013: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • April 12, 2013: New photos from Jann Mayer
  • January 31, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

Sources 

  • Frank Hicks
  • Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dallam Oliver-Lee

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