TRANSPORTATION · HISTORICAL MARKER

First Transcontinental Railroad

Lathrop, California
· Site of Completion of Pacific Railroad
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The construction of the San Joaquin River Bridge completed the last link of the Transcontinental Railroad. Building had simultaneously proceeded from the Bay Area and Sacramento and met at the San Joaquin River. The first train crossed the bridge on September 8, 1869.
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