Santa Cruz County, California Bridges: SCBG Railway Bridge across the San Lorenzo River

March 2014 (37.03379 Degrees, -122.05809 Degrees) San Lorenzo River Bridge   

You can tell the role railroads played in the development of Santa Cruz County because of the number of railroad bridges that are still around. Today's bridge is now part of the Santa Cruz, Big Trees, and Pacific Railway (SCBG). We have seen a few old railroad lines being reused as tourist trains like the wine train in Napa and the SCBG. Today's bridge can be identified as location #3 on the map below. 

The bridge consists of a steel plate through girder span and a Warren through truss span over the San Lorenzo River. This bridge was built in 1906 and was used for carrying everything from fresh strawberries to lumber and it's now a passenger train.

Santa Cruz County, California Bridges: SCBG Railway Bridge across the San Lorenzo River by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.