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Union Pacific Railroad's Benicia–Martinez drawbridge is between the two vehicle bridges. The railroad bridge was built between 1928 and 1930 for Southern Pacific Railroad to replace its train ferry between Benicia and Port Costa, California. It is the second-longest railway bridge in North America, and the longest railway bridge west of the ...
On May 31, 1928, the Southern Pacific (successor to the Central Pacific in operations of the ferries) authorized construction of a railroad drawbridge from the east side of Benicia to Martinez, which is east of Port Costa. The railroad bridge opened on October 15, 1930 and the two railroad ferries were decommissioned. [9]
1930 Bridge connecting Benicia-Martinez was completed, eliminating railroad's need for railroad ferry "Solano" and "Contra Costa" between Benicia and Port Costa, California. Jul 1930 Sacramento Northern connects SN mainline at Creed with Vacaville Branch that was built in 1914 by Northern Electric by constructing a 9-mile branch.
A semitruck driver who was traveling under a railroad bridge Sunday afternoon on I-25 was killed when the bridge collapsed, causing the train to derail.
The Central Pacific Railroad built a train ferry that operated between Benicia and Port Costa, California, from 1879 to 1930. The ferry boats Solano and Contra Costa were removed from service when the nearby Martinez railroad bridge was completed in 1930.
Tar balls have shown up 100 miles (161 kilometers) downstream of a railroad bridge collapse last month that sent numerous tank cars carrying petroleum products plummeting into Montana's ...
The steel bridge built in 1958 collapsed onto Interstate 25 Oct 15, when a broken rail caused 30 cars from a BNSF Railway train hauling coal to derail, the National Transportation Safety Board ...
Iron railroad bridge collapses under train Poor construction [15] 30 killed, 40 injured Bridge rebuilt A drawing of the collapsed bridge. Big Four Bridge: Louisville, Kentucky: United States 10 October 1888: Caisson and truss 12 died when caisson flooded, 4 died when beam broke, 21 died when truss fell into river Conemaugh Viaduct