Mare Island Bridge (1935)

Photos 

Old Mare Island Bridge

Old Strauss bascule bridge replaced California Drawbridges (Bernard C. Winn)

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #284453

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Mare Island Strait on Mare Island Shipyard RD w RR

Location

Vallejo, Solano County, California

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1935; replaced 1980

Builders

- Barrett Hilp
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois

Railroads

- Interurban
- Sacramento Northern Railway (SN)
- San Francisco & Napa Valley Railroad (SF&NV)
- San Francisco, Napa & Calistoga Railway (SFN&C)
- US Military Transportation Corps (DODX; USAX; USNX; DAFX)

Design

Bascule

Dimensions

Total length: 94.0 ft.

Also called

Mare Island Shipyard Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+38.11133, -122.27408   (decimal degrees)
38°06'41" N, 122°16'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

10/563637/4218415 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Mare Island

Inventory number

BH 61107 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• September 25, 2018: Updated by Luke: Corrected dates per image
• September 25, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
• February 1, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
• May 30, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

• Mare Island Bridge (1980) (Successor)

Sources 

• Douglas Butler
• Luke

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