UPRR Cerritos Channel Bridge -- Long Beach CA - Truss Bridges on Waymarking.com

This heavy-duty modern vertical life drawbridge allows for increased railroad traffic along the Alameda Corridor from the Port of Long Beach while allowing marine vessels to pass through Cerritos Channel.

From bridgehunter.com: (visit link)

"Overview

Modern Warren through truss bridge over Cerritos Channel on Alameda Corridor (UP)

Location
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California

Status
Open to traffic

History
Built 1996

Railroads
- Alameda Corridor (ACTA)
- Pacific Harbor Line (PHL)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design
Modern Warren through truss

Also called
PHL - Cerritos Channel Bridge
Henry Ford Bridge (New)"

For more on this bridge, see here: (visit link)

"English: Henry Ford Bridge, a railroad bridge spanning Cerritos Channel from San Pedro to Terminal Island, at the Port of Los Angeles, California. The original 1924 bascule bridge was dismantled and replaced in 1996 by a vertical-lift bridge."

Parking Coordinates:: N 33° 45.843 W 118° 14.401 Date Built: 01/01/1996 www: https://bridgehunter.com/ca/los-angeles/bh62808/ Length of Span: Not listed

Visit Instructions:
Log your find with a picture of the bridge with yourself or your GPS in the foreground. This shot does not have to be taken "on" the bridge. The shot should show the "truss" structure of the bridge as well.

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Date Logged Log User Rating   03/11/2016 Benchmark Blasterz visited it