This refurbished 30-year-old Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge comes from Galveston Texas. It was installed in August of 2015 to replace the former Haystack Bridge, used to carry rail traffic over the Petaluma River since 1903.
This "new" span was originally built in 1986 for the Galveston, TX Causeway. It replaced a 1912 bridge of similar size but at only a 105' opening width, it was a problem for navigation. The Coast Guard declared it a "hazard to navigation" in 2001 and it was replaced in 2012.
This bridge was removed intact, disassembled, and shipped by rail to California. It was unloaded and stored in Napa where it was refurbished, repainted, and reassembled in 2015. It was painted in SMART's green color scheme to match their trains.
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