Yuba County, California Bridges: Union Pacific RR Viaduct across the Yuba River

October 2013 (39.13602 Degrees, -121.5832 Degrees) UP RR Viaduct

The next bridge across the Yuba River is a long viaduct carrying the Union Pacific Railroad. It's made up of pier walls, two column bents, and other substructure types supporting deep girders over the river and shallow girders over land.

The UP Bridge seems to be built out of whatever they had in the yard. The bridge is in a wide river basin and so they must have needed a really long bridge to carry the train over the river when it rises.

The railroad bridge continues into the city on ugly pier walls and precast slabs as the 2nd Street Underpass (16C0096), the 3rd Street Underpass (16C0098), and the 4th Street Underpass (16C0099).

Yuba County, California Bridges: Union Pacific RR Viaduct across the Yuba River by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.