PGR - Valencia Creek Bridge

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Overview

Steel stringer bridge over Valencia Creek on Progressive Rail Inc

Location

Aptos, Santa Cruz County, California

Status

Open to traffic

Future prospects

Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay plans to operate passenger and freight traffic following a 2014 rehabilitation.

History

Built 1924

Railroads

- Iowa Pacific Holdings
- Progressive Rail Inc (PGR)
- Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay Railway (SC&MB)
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

Steel stringer

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 59.1 ft.
Total length: 65.0 ft.

Also called

PGR - Soquel Drive Overpass #1

Approximate latitude, longitude

+36.97583, -121.89778   (decimal degrees)
36°58'33" N, 121°53'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

10/598104/4092759 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Soquel

Inventory numbers

CA 36C-69 (California bridge number)
BH 58941 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• April 10, 2014: Updated by Alex Lewis: Revised Railroad Name--line operated by Iowa Pacific subsidiary SC&MB.
• December 7, 2013: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

• Luke
• Alex Lewis

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