Los Angeles County, California Bridges: UP and LACM Railroad Bridge across the Rio Hondo

August 1999 (33.9357 Degrees, -118.1721 Degrees) Los Angeles River (and Rio Hondo) Bridges

Continuing downstream I came to the confluence of the Rio Hondo with the Los Angeles River. On the left side we can see the Salt Lake UPRR Bridge behind the Long Beach Freeway Bridge. On the right side we can see the continuation of the UPRR across the Rio Hondo.

The UP/LACM Rio Hondo Railroad Bridge is a narrow three span through girder bridge on pier walls. This bridge is heavily graffitied.  Behind it you can see many other bridges crossing the Rio Hondo.

Los Angeles County, California Bridges: UP and LACM Railroad Bridge across the Rio Hondo by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Santa Cruz County, California Bridges: North Aptos Underpass across State Route 1

March 2014 (36.97556 Degrees, -121.90556 Degrees) North Aptos Underpass

East of Capitola, the railroad line runs like a sine wave between Highway 1 and the Pacific Ocean before finally crossing the highway at a 52 degree skew on a two span through girder bridge. The North Aptos Underpass (36 0012) is a 147 ft long bridge that was built in 1946 and retrofitted in 1996. 

The plate girders sit on tall rocker bearings. It appears that the retrofit increased the abutment and pier wall seats so if the rocker bearings were to fall forward, the girders would still be supported.

Santa Cruz County, California Bridges: North Aptos Underpass across State Route 1 by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.