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General Information
| Completion: | 1890 |
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| Status: | demolished (1978) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Cantilever truss bridge |
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| Material: |
Steel bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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| Structure: |
Through truss bridge |
| Function / usage: |
original use: Railroad (railway) bridge later use: Road bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Topock, Mohave County, Arizona, USA Needles, San Bernardino County, California, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Replaced by: |
I-40 Topock Bridge (1966)
Topock BNSF Rail Bridge (1945) |
| Near: |
Trails Arch Bridge (1916)
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| Coordinates: | 34° 43' 1" N 114° 29' 12" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 200 m | |
| total length | 300 m | |
| length of drop-in span | 100 m | |
| number of tracks | 1 |
Cost
| cost of construction | United States dollar 462 434 |
Chronology
| 1901 | The bridge is strengthened to be able to carry heavier train loads. |
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| 1911 | A pier and support are added in mid-span to relieve the cantilever truss which subsequently no longer acts as a cantilever. |
| 1914 | A flood takes out the nearby Needles Ferry. Planks are installed on the Red Rock Bridge to allow combined road / railroad traffic. The situation remains until the completion of the Trails Arch Bridge in 1916. |
| 1945 | The nearby Santa Fe Railroad Bridge is opened taking traffic from the Red Rock Bridge. |
| 21 May 1947 | After removal of the tracks and the pouring of a reinforced concrete deck, the bridge goes into service as a vehicular bridge and relieves the Trails Arch Bridge. |
| 1966 | The bridge for Interstate I-40 is built nearby causing US Route 66 to be mostly abandoned. |
| 1978 | The bridge is dismantled. |
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1891): Red Rock Cantilever Bridge. In: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, v. 25, n. 2 ( 1891), pp. 662-720.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20014661 - Published on:
02/12/2004 - Last updated on:
07/11/2021
