Pulga Bridges
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The Pulga Bridges{{Citation |title=The Pulga Bridges... |url=http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf558004tp/?brand=oac |format=postcard |publisher=cdlib.org |accessdate=2010-11-28}} are two nearby bridges in Butte County, California for highway and railroad crossings of the North Fork Feather River. The steel arch highway bridge, carrying State Route 70, crosses over the railroad bridge.
The railroad Pulga Bridge, a three-span through-truss bridge, is on the Union Pacific Railroad's (originally Western Pacific Railroad's) Feather River Route through the Sierra Nevada in northeastern California, connecting the Sacramento Valley to Salt Lake City via the Feather River valley. The bridge is part of the WP's eastward climb to its summit at Beckwourth Pass while maintaining the railroad's overall 1.0 percent (compensated) grade, making it the easiest railroad route over the Sierra Nevada.
Railfanning
Although located in Butte County, the Pulga Bridges Loop is an additional part of Plumas County's "7 Wonders of the Railroad World" and access is described in its travel guide.{{cite web | url = http://www.plumascounty.org/Tour%20Itineraries%202008/Spec%20Tour%207.pdf | title = Tour 7 - Wonders of the Railroad World | publisher = Plumas County Visitors Bureau | accessdate = 2008-08-26 | archive-date = 2011-07-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718231420/http://www.plumascounty.org/Tour%20Itineraries%202008/Spec%20Tour%207.pdf | url-status = dead }}{{cite web | url = http://www.plumascounty.org/PDF/7Wonders.pdf | title = 7 Wonders of the Railroad World | publisher = Plumas County Visitors Bureau | accessdate = 2008-08-26 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718231502/http://www.plumascounty.org/PDF/7Wonders.pdf | archivedate = 2011-07-18 }}
See also
Tobin Bridges - similar bridge pair nearby
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Category:Bridges in Butte County, California
Category:Western Pacific Railroad
Category:Road bridges in California
Category:Railroad bridges in California
Category:Union Pacific Railroad bridges
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