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Shared May 31, 2026
The Bridge Made of Concrete, Not Steel!
Ever seen a bridge that looks like a metal railroad crossing, but it's actually made entirely of poured concrete?
Tucked away on Elkhorn Avenue near Riverdale, CA, stands the historic 1916 Elkhorn Bridge (Teilman Bridge). Built along the old Elkhorn Grade to connect Fresno to the Coalinga oil fields, this structural anomaly is the only surviving reinforced-concrete pony truss bridge in California.
Because casting intricate truss networks out of concrete required massive wooden forms and intense labor, the design was quickly abandoned—leaving this Central Valley hidden gem as a true "one-of-one" survivor.
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