Closing The Gap: The Coast Line and its Bridges in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.

By Nan Lawler.
Published 1984. Reprinted from Railroad History, Bulletin 145 (Autumn 1981). 21 pages. 25 photos, maps, bridge sketches & other illustrations. Softcover. Format: 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches (approx.)

ISBN: 0-911773-03-7

The Southern Pacific Railroad's Coast Line was completed in 1901. Closing the final gap, in the greater Point Conception area, meant bridging a number of canyons along the Pacific Ocean shoreline.