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Goat Canyon Trestle is a wooden trestle in San Diego County, California. [1] At a length of 597–750 feet (182–229 m), it is the world's largest all-wood trestle. [1] [8] [10] [11] Goat Canyon Trestle was built in 1933 as part of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, after one of the many tunnels through the Carrizo Gorge collapsed.
[2] [1] The rock forming the canyon is crystalline basement. [3] One feature of the canyon is a dry waterfall. [4] The canyon is bridged by a wooden railroad trestle, the Goat Canyon Trestle, [2] [5] which is the world's largest curved all-wood trestle. [6] The canyon is accessible by trail by traveling west from Mortero Palms. [7]
Goat Canyon Trestle is a wooden trestle in San Diego County, California. At a length of 597–750 feet (182–229 m), it is the world's largest all-wood trestle. Goat Canyon Trestle was built in 1933 as part of the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway, after one of the many tunnels through the Carrizo Gorge collapsed. The railway had been ...
Fallen Southern Pacific Railroad cars in Carrizo Gorge, 2010.. The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway Company traces its origins back to December 14, 1906, when entrepreneur John D. Spreckels announced he would form the San Diego and Arizona (SD&A) Railway Company and build a railroad to provide San Diego with a direct rail link to the east by connecting with the Southern Pacific (SP) lines ...
Goat Canyon Trestle; L. Lilac Road Bridge; P. Pine Valley Creek Bridge; S. San Diego–Coronado Bridge; Sweetwater River Bridge; T. Trestles Bridge
Goat Canyon Trestle; H. Haystack Landing; ... Long Ravine Trestle; M. Mountain Quarries Bridge; Muir Trestle; N. Napa River Railroad Lift Bridge; North Fork Bridge ...
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway trestle in Carrizo Gorge In 2000, FNM , owner of the Tijuana-Tecate segment, was privatized, transferring the administration to the State of Baja California.
Glen Canyon Dam Bridge: Colorado River: 1959: Arizona: Phil G. McDonald Bridge (Glade Creek Bridge) Glade Creek: 1988: West Virginia: 565 ft (172.2 m) Rio Grande Gorge Bridge: Rio Grande: 1965: New Mexico: 486 ft (148.1 m) Perrine Bridge: Snake River: 1976: Idaho: 470 ft (143.3 m) Navajo Bridge (dual spans; the 1929 span is 467 ft high ...