San Francisco County, California Bridges: Third Street Bridge across Islais Creek

July 2014 (37.74694 Degrees, -122.38694 Degrees) Third Street Bridge

Today's bridge is also on Third Street but several miles to the south across Islais Creek. It's called the Levon Hagop Nishkian Bridge (34C0024) after the senior member of a family of civil engineers that have practiced in San Francisco for the last 100 years. It is a double leaf bascule bridge that was built in 1945. Some nice photos of Islais Creek and the bridge (taken just after the Second World War) are on this website. An unusual aspect of the bridge is the art deco style of the bridge tender's house and of the shiny silver-painted covers over the arms supporting the counterweights, which are under the bridge. The bridge also has overhead catenary cables and tracks for the trolleys (owned by Caltrain) that cross the bridge.

San Francisco County, California Bridges: Third Street Bridge across Islais Creek by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.