SMART - Haystack's Landing Bridge (2015)
Photos
Haystack's Landing Bridge (New)
This bridge will be constructed in 2015
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in September 2014
License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
BH Photo #292759
Facts
- Overview
- Warren through truss bridge over Petaluma River on Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit
- Location
- Petaluma, Sonoma County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 2015 using relocated 1987 spans from Galveston, Texas.
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York (1987 Bascule Design)
- Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Co. of Des Moines, Iowa & Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (As PDM Structural Group; Orange, Texas Plant; 1987 Bascule Fabricator)
- Railroads
- - Commuter Rail
- Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)
- Design
- Riveted through truss Scherzer Rolling lift bascule span
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.22841, -122.61408 (decimal degrees)
38°13'42" N, 122°36'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/533777/4231228 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Petaluma River
- Inventory number
- BH 52632 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 20, 2018: Updated by Luke: Corrected builder
- October 21, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Petaluma River"
- April 10, 2016: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
- December 6, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added builder per forum comment
- October 6, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- October 5, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added photographs provided by John from SMART
- September 8, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added category "Painted green"
- August 28, 2015: Updated by Douglas Butler: Bridge about completed
- September 2, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- November 24, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
- December 12, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Removed street view Jared added as that street view is of the old bridge, not of the replacement
- December 11, 2012: New Street View added by Jared Mixson
- June 8, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Removed category "Modern"
Related Bridges
- NWP - Haystack's Landing Bridge (1903) (Predecessor)
- BNSF - Old Galveston Causeway (1912) (Parts reused from) - The 1988 Bascule span was moved to California and reused.
Sources
- Luke
- Petalume 360 - Info on SMART's purchase of the old Galveston bascule.
- Jared
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Douglas Butler
- Northwestern Pacific Railroad Network - Haystack Bridges - Info
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
August 11, 2015 Topping off the last major structural element for the Haystack Landing bascule bridge.
The old Haystack Landing swing bridge next to the replacement Scherzer Bascule from Galveston TX September 18, 2015.
Replacement of the swing bridge has started and will continue through 2015.
I think that "under construction" implies that the bridge isn't in place?
Needs to be stated that this bridge is not yet in place. It was built in 1985 to replace a much older draw span in the Galveston causeway. In turn it was replaced by a newer much longer span vertical lift bridge.
Sonoma Marin (SMART) bought it to replace the currently in place 1903 span which appeared to be way beyond condition that made rehabilitation feasible.
The contract to install this bridge in Petaluma has just been awarded, so it is not yet in place and probably won't be for another year or so.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ca/sonoma/bh52632/
This bridge was not designed/built by the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company. It was designed and built by the American Bridge Company, 1985-87. I was the project manager/lead engineer.