Kings River Viaduct

From north to south, these are Cole Slough, Dutch John Cut, and the Old Kings River, all of which flow in a westerly direction.

[2] Dirt excavation sites in the vicinity of the bridge will be reused as groundwater recharge basins once construction is complete.

[4][5] The initial April 2014 plans called for an 11,680-foot-long concrete viaduct, with four truss bridge segments for the three river channels and Riverside Ditch.

[1] By 2016, during the bidding process the land portions were changed to embankments containing wildlife crossings, reducing the estimated cost by $79 million.

[4] In mid-2019, construction on the first portion of the bridge, the steel truss crossing of the Old Kings River, was scheduled to begin in September that year.

A map showing the three channels of the Kings River, with the planned California High-Speed Rail line crossing them in a broad arc to the east, and the community of Laton, California to the west
Planned route of California High-Speed Rail in the vicinity of the Kings River , in red