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Park Street Bridge
HSRNational HSR. Local HSR.

Rough Distance: 0 Miles (0 Kilometers)

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Park Street Over Oakland Estuary in Alameda and Oakland: Alameda County, California, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Concrete Slab, Fixed
Length: 433 ft. Main Span: 285 ft. Roadway: 64.6 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1935 By: Mac Donald and Kahn of Los Angeles, California and County of Alameda Surveyors Office
Associated with Depression era relief programs, this is the wider of two nice looking historic bascule bridges in Alameda.
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Fruitvale Avenue Railroad Bridge
HSRNational HSR. Local HSR.

Rough Distance: 0.4 Miles (0.7 Kilometers)

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Railroad (Union Pacific, Former Southern Pacific) Over Oakland Estuary in Alameda and Oakland: Alameda County, California, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Modified Warren (Subdivided) Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive)
Main Span: 200 ft. Roadway: 25.6 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1951 By: Judson Pacific Murphy Company
This attractive lift bridge has very slender towers.
High Street Bridge
HSRNational HSR. Local HSR.

Rough Distance: 0.8 Miles (1.4 Kilometers)

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High Street Over Oakland Estuary in Alameda and Oakland: Alameda County, California, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Concrete T-Beam, Fixed
Length: 505 ft. Main Span: 295 ft. Roadway: 24 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1939 By: Mac Donald and Kahn of Los Angeles, California and County of Alameda Surveyors Office
Associated with Depression era relief programs, this is the more narrow of two nice looking historic bascule bridges in Alameda.
San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge
HSRNational HSR. Local HSR.

Rough Distance: 8.2 Miles (13.1 Kilometers)

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I-80 Over San Francisco Bay in San Francisco and Oakland: San Francisco County, California and Alameda County, California, United States
Metal Deck Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Cantilever Rivet-Connected Modified Warren Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 22,655 ft. Main Span: 2,310 ft. Roadway: 58 ft. Main Spans: 9
Built 1936 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Charles Henry Purcell, Charles E. Andrew, and Glen Woodruff
Both a suspension bridge and a cantilever truss bridge, and one of the largest and most important historic bridges in the country, half of this bridge was demolished!
3rd Street Islais Creek Bridge
Levon Hagop Nishkian Bridge
HSRNational HSR. Local HSR.

Rough Distance: 9.5 Miles (15.3 Kilometers)

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3rd Street Over Islais Creek in San Francisco: San Francisco County, California, United States
Metal Through Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion)
Length: 120 ft. Main Span: 105 ft. Roadway: 68.2 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1945 By: Unknown and Leon Hagop Nishkian of San Francisco, California
This wide bascule with three girder lines has racks that extend above the deck.
3rd Street Bridge
Lefty O'Doul Bridge
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Rough Distance: 9.6 Miles (15.4 Kilometers)

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3rd Street Over China Basin in San Francisco: San Francisco County, California, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule (Heel Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Concrete T-Beam, Fixed
Length: 295 ft. Main Span: 143 ft. Roadway: 71.5 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1933 By: Barrett and Hilp of San Francisco, California and Strauss Bascule Bridge Company (Strauss Engineering Company) of Chicago, Illinois
This Strauss heel-trunnion bascule bridge has an extra section of roadway cantilevered out from one side of the bridge.
Harrison Street Bridge
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Rough Distance: 9.7 Miles (15.5 Kilometers)

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Harrison Street Over Beale Street in San Francisco: San Francisco County, California, United States
Concrete Curved T-Beam, Fixed
Length: 181 ft. Main Span: 83 ft. Roadway: 66.6 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1936 By: Unknown
This is a nice looking curved t-beam overpass hidden right in downtown San Francisco.
4th Street Bridge
Peter R. Maloney Bridge
HSRNational HSR. Local HSR.

Rough Distance: 9.7 Miles (15.6 Kilometers)

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4th Street Over China Basin in San Francisco: San Francisco County, California, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule (Strauss Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Concrete T-Beam, Fixed
Length: 205 ft. Main Span: 94 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1917 By: Thomson Bridge Company of San Francisco, California and Strauss Bascule Bridge Company (Strauss Engineering Company) of Chicago, Illinois
This bridge is an early and rare example of a Strauss vertical overhead counterweight type bascule.

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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