San Joaquin County, California Bridges: BNSF Railroad Bridge across the San Joaquin River

April 2014 (37.93708, -121.33454 ) BNSF Bridge

The Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad Bridge across the San Joaquin River is the easternmost of three almost identical Abt trunnion bascule bridges built around 1930. I couldn't find an open road to drive up to the bridge so I took a few pictures with a telephoto lens. 

This bridge was fabricated by the American Bridge Company of New York. It is a 330 ft long bridge with the Warren truss span supporting the counterweight and with plate girder bascule and approach spans. A closer look at an Abt bridge is on the April 20th blog of the Bacon Island Bridge.

San Joaquin County, California Bridges: BNSF Railroad Bridge across the San Joaquin River by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.