Pudding Creek Trestle (Fort Bragg, California)

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A steam train used to cross this trestle on its way to Ten Mile to get timber.

It is now part of a hiking trail.
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Coordinates:   39°27'31"N   123°48'27"W

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  • The Pudding Creek Trestle runs across the beach at the mouth of Pudding Creek in Fort Bragg. It was built in 1916 to carry logs to the Fort Bragg lumber mill on the old Haul Road. Originally a railroad, the Ten Mile Branch, the road was later paved and used by logging trucks. Today it is a walking and hiking trail from Fort Bragg to the mouth of the Ten Mile River, although large portions have washed out in the storms of recent years. The name "Haul Road" (not "Hall Road") refers to the hauling of logs. The name has proved baffling to some, so the road (now trail) has been renamed the "Ten Mile Coastal Trail" although locally it is still referred to as the Haul Road. The Pudding Creek Trestle was repaired and reopened for foot traffic only on November 16, 2007. photos: http://www.frankhartzell.com/
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