This unique bridge is located between Victorville and Oro Grande. It crosses the mighty Mojave River - the river of the desert's namesake. The bridge crosses one of the only "wet" sections of the Mojave River. It's unique because it's the only steel truss bridge that Route 66 crosses in California. It's even more unique as compared to other ordinary steel truss bridges because it …

Mojave River, Upper Narrows, sometime before 1890, and before the the bridges came to town. Photo courtesy: Mojave River Valley Museum, Barstow, California.

Discover the history of the bridges at the Mojave River Narrows in Victorville, California, from early fords and wooden structures to modern concrete crossings along key transportation routes like Route 66 and Interstate 15.

Feb 26, 2018 · After the Santa Fe Railroad reached Victorville in the 1880s and the first bridge was built across the nearby Upper Narrows, the end of slow and exhausting journeys along the Mojave River came to ...

The Mojave River is an intermittent river in the eastern San Bernardino Mountains and the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Most of its flow is underground, while its surface channels remain dry most of the time, except for the headwaters and several bedrock gorges in the lower reaches.

BNSF owns and operates two single-track structures across the Mojave River, approximately 165 feet and 200 feet long. With in-service components over 100 years old, the structure approached the end of its useful service life and was replaced with a new, independent double-track bridge.

Jan 9, 2020 · The existing Bear Valley Road Bridge over the Mojave River is one of only four crossings of the Mojave River in the Apple Valley, Victorville and Hesperia areas. The Bear Valley Road Bridge is an eleven-span, 819-foot long, reinforced concrete T-beam bridge supported on reinforced concrete pier walls and cantilever abutments.

Mojave River Narrows bridge near Victorville, ca.1905-1910 Mojave Narrows Park near Victorville in San Bernardino County, California is a 886-acre (3.59 km 2) [1] regional park that features a 50-acre (0.20 km 2) fishing lake and hiking trails.

Steel Bridge The steel bridge that Route 66 crosses over roughly 3 miles from the museum is unique in many ways. For one, it’s design is unique whereas the steel trusses meet at odd angles because of the way the bridge was built over the Mojave River. It is also the only bridge of this type that Route 66 crosses in California.

Old Route 66 in the Victorville Area