Fruitvale Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 37°46′08″N 122°13′48″W / 37.7689°N 122.23°W |
Carries | railroad |
Crosses | Oakland Estuary |
Locale | San Francisco Bay Area |
Characteristics | |
Design | Vertical-lift bridge |
Material | Steel |
Height | 175 ft (53 m) |
Clearance below | 65 ft (20 m) (raised) |
History | |
Closed | 2000 |
Location | |
Fruitvale Avenue Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 37°46′08″N 122°13′48″W / 37.7689°N 122.23°W |
Carries | cars and trucks on Fruitvale (Oakland) and Tilden Avenues (Alameda) |
Official name | Miller-Sweeney Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | Single leaf bascule bridge |
Material | Steel, concrete |
Total length | 215 ft (66 m) |
Width | 52 ft (16 m) roadway 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) sidewalks |
Clearance below | 15 ft (4.6 m) (high tide) 21 ft (6.4 m) (low tide) |
No. of lanes | 4 |
History | |
Designer | McCreary-Koretsky International |
Constructed by | Hensel Phelps |
Fabrication by | Kaiser Steel |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 15,300 |
Location | |
The Fruitvale Bridge and the Fruitvale Avenue Bridge (the latter officially the Miller-Sweeney Bridge at Fruitvale Avenue) are parallel bridges that cross the Oakland Estuary, linking the cities of Oakland and Alameda in California. The Fruitvale Bridge is a vertical-lift Warren through truss railroad moveable bridge, while the Fruitvale Avenue Bridge is a steel stringer road bascule bridge that connects Fruitvale Avenue in Oakland with Tilden Way in Alameda.