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This is a route-map template for the Bayshore Cutoff, a San Francisco Bay Area railway.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The Bayshore Railway company was founded as a subsidiary of the Southern Pacific to build the Bayshore Cutoff. [12] Construction started in 1904 [ 13 ] and was completed in 1907 [ 14 ] at a cost of $7 million [ 15 ] (equivalent to $167 million in 2023 [ 16 ] ), one of the most expensive rail lines constructed to date. [ 12 ]
English: Map showing the route of the Bayshore Cutoff (completed in 1907) and the prior route established by the SF&SJ RR in 1863 (renamed to the Ocean View route), through the Bernal Cut along much of what is now San Jose Avenue in San Francisco today.
File:North Portal of Tunnel 5, Bayshore Cutoff (40951416332).jpg cropped 20 % horizontally and 40 % vertically using CropTool with precise mode. File usage The following 2 pages use this file:
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Groundbreaking ceremonies were held in South San Francisco for the Bayshore Highway on September 11, 1924. The route used a right-of-way that was 125 feet (38 m) wide with a four-lane undivided highway 40 feet (12 m) wide. [7] Looking west at the Sierra Point cut in Brisbane, 1929. The road crosses over Tunnel 5 of the Bayshore Cutoff rail line.
The first of these, the Bayshore Cutoff, opened in 1907 and rerouted the line through a series of five tunnels built along the shoreline of the San Francisco Bay Area. This saved approximately three miles and seventeen minutes compared to the prior route, [4] which veered to the west around San Bruno Mountain. The Bayshore Cutoff also ...
English: Entitled "Bayshore Railroad". Location stated to be Visitacion Bay, so this is showing the Bayshore Cutoff route along with a long trestle across the water which was used to dump fill taken from the cuts to form the Visitacion/Bayshore Railyard.