The Pit River Bridge is a double deck, deck truss, road and rail bridge over Shasta Lake in Shasta County, California. The bridge, carrying Interstate 5 on its upper deck and Union Pacific Railroad on its lower deck, was built in 1942 as part of the construction of the Shasta Dam/Shasta Lake reservoir system. Pit River Bridge is situated 2 miles northwest of Black Diamond Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mountain Gate and Holiday Harbor Resort.

Mountain Gate

Hamlet

Mountain Gate is a census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States. Mountain Gate sits at an elevation of 915 feet. Its population is 815 as of the 2020 census, down from 943 from the 2010 census. Mountain Gate is situated 2 miles southwest of Black Diamond Mine.

Holiday Harbor Resort

Hamlet

Photo: DimiTalen, CC0.

Holiday Harbor Resort is a hamlet, which is situated 4½ miles north of Black Diamond Mine.

Shasta Lake

Photo: Always dreamin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The city of Shasta Lake, known as Central Valley or CV prior to incorporation, is a city in Shasta County, California, United States. It is the closest settlement to Shasta Dam and Shasta Lake reservoir, which are popular tourist destinations.

Black Diamond Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: Shasta County, Shasta Cascades, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.73876° or 40° 44′ 20″ north

Longitude

-122.30417° or 122° 18′ 15″ west

Elevation

1,260 feet (384 metres)

Open location code

84GVPMQW+G8

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369173565

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5559900

Wikidata ID

Q49400210

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Black Diamond Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Black Diamond Mine (minahan sa Estados Unidos, California, Shasta County, lat 40,74, long -122,30)”
Cebuano: “Black Diamond Mine”

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