Marin County, California Bridges: NWPRR Corte Madera Creek Bridge

January 2016 (37.94332, -122.51351) NWPRR Bridge 

There used to be several movable bridges in Marin County but only two remain. The Petaluma River Railroad Bridge is on the border with Sonoma County and it was covered in a 2014 blog. The Corte Madera Creek Bridge was made famous by Clint Eastwood who jumped off the trestle portion onto a school bus (without a stunt double) in the film 'Dirty Harry.'  The section Clint Eastwood jumped from (over Sir Francis Drake Blvd) was removed in 2003.

Terry Koglin in his book 'Movable Bridges' managed to provide data on every movable bridge in the U.S. He wrote that today's bridge was built in 1930. It includes an 80 ft long bascule span. It was owned by the Northwest Pacific Railroad but it's currently abandoned. The bascule span provided 10.5 ft of vertical clearance in the closed position but it has remained open for many years and is covered with rust.

Marin County, California Bridges: NWPRR Corte Madera Creek Bridge by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.