30 BRIDGES, TOWERS AND WORKS / TORRANCE
Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge
An Irving Gill arch bridge from Torrance's planned-city founding. A rare piece of infrastructure by modernist pioneer Irving Gill, built for the Red Car line when Torrance was laid out as a model industrial city; it is on the National Register.
The facts
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| Where | Spans Torrance Blvd at Bow Ave, Torrance |
|---|---|
| Built | 1913 |
| Architect or builder | Irving Gill |
| Kind | Bridges, towers and works |
| Status | standing |
| Visiting | public |
| From El Segundo City Hall | 8.3 miles, straight line |
| Coordinates | 33.83758, -118.31169 |
What the sources say
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- It was designed by Irving Gill and built in 1913.
Designed by Irving Gill and built in 1913
Wikipedia ↗ reported - It spans Torrance Boulevard at Bow Avenue.
It spans Torrance Boulevard at Bow Avenue, a short distance west of Western Avenue
Wikipedia ↗ reported - It was listed on the National Register on July 13, 1989.
the bridge became the city's second entry in the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1989
Wikipedia ↗ reported
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Pacific Electric Railroad Bridge. elsegundo.xyz Architecture, checked Nov 3, 2026. https://elsegundo.xyz/architecture/torrance-pacific-electric-bridge/
Machine-readable: this entry is record 30 in catalog.json. Not an official City of El Segundo page, and not written with or for the owner.