RAPID RECONSTRUCTION OF S.P.'S BURNED-OUT TIMBER TRESTLE APPROACH

A fire destroyed 1080 ft of the ballast-deck trestle approach to Southern Pacific's Feather River Bridge at Yuba City, Cal. SP has a standardized prestressed-concrete bridge which is used to replace timber trestles. The clearing of the site and use of the standardized components from other bridge projects all over the system for round-the-clock construction made possible resumption of traffic in just eight days.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 80th Annual Convention of the American Railway Bridge and Building Association, Chicago, Illinois, 15-17 September 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Railway Bridge & Building Association

  18154 Harwood Avenue
  Homewood, IL  United States  60430
• Authors:
  • Fuller, T L
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 115-120
• Serial:
  • Publication of: American Railway Bridge & Building Association
  • Publisher: American Railway Bridge & Building Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridge design; Bridges; Fires; Prestressed concrete bridges; Repairing; Structural design; Timber; Trestles
• Identifier Terms: Southern Pacific Railroad
• Old TRIS Terms: Bridge repairs; Timber trestles
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139954
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 26 2003 12:00AM