Fruitvale Ave Railroad Bridge

Fruitvale Bridge
Fruitvale Bridge
	Fruitvale Avenue vertical-lift railroad bridge. The Fruitvale Avenue Miller-Sweeney bridge is directly behind the raised span of the railroad bridge.
Coordinates	37°46′09″N 122°13′50″W / 37.7691°N 122.2305°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽; ;
Carries	railroad
Crosses	Oakland Estuary
Locale	San Francisco Bay Area
Characteristics
Design	Vertical-lift bridge
Material	steel
Height	175 ft (53 m)
Clearance below	65 ft (20 m) (raised)
History
Closed	2000
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The Fruitvale Bridge is a vertical-lift railroad moveable bridge

Rail bridge[edit]

The rail bridge crosses the Oakland Estuary, between the cities of Oakland and Alameda in California. The Southern Pacific provided freight service and a connection for the Alameda Belt Line. until being taken over by Union Pacific, which ended service in 2000.

History[edit]

This lift bridge was constructed in 1951 to replace an earlier bridge that originally served the SP interurban trains from San Francisco (SP's Interurban Electric Railway discontinued service in 1941). From 1951 until September 11, 1996, the Southern Pacific Railroad operated freight service across the bridge to serve shippers in Alameda and to connect with the Alameda Belt Line railroad. After SP was acquired by Union Pacific on September 11, 1996, UP provided infrequent service to Alameda until service was discontinued in 2000.

Design[edit]

The right-of-way still exists through the East Bay, however, the tracks on both sides of the bridge have been severed and the span remains raised at 65 feet above water level, except when operated for maintenance and testing. The bridge is owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and is operated by the County of Alameda. The Miller-Sweeney bridge tender, a county employee, operates the railroad bridge from controls in the Miller-Sweeney control house. The last train across the bridge ran in 2000.

References[edit]

"Fruitvale Railroad Bridge". Alameda County Public Works Agency=24 September 2020. 29 August 2016.

External links[edit]

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fruitvale Bridge
Callan, Miles (29 August 2009). "The Fruitvale Avenue Railroad Bridge of Alameda, Calif". Interacting with Miniature Railroading. Retrieved 3 May 2017.

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