Fruitvale Bridge

Fruitvale Avenue Bridge
Fruitvale Avenue Bridge
	Partially raised bascule on road bridge, immediately behind rail bridge.
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

Fruitvale Bridge
Fruitvale Bridge
	Fruitvale Avenue railroad bridge (foreground), Miller-Sweeney bridge in background
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

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.