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Southern Pacific Railroad: Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off Trestle
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Aerial view of the Lucin Cutoff
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| Nearest city: | Ogden, Utah |
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| Area: | 143 acres (58 ha) |
| Built: | 1902 |
| Architect: | Hood,William |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: |
72001257 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | April 14, 1972 |
The Lucin Cutoff is a railroad line which included a railroad trestle which crossed the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Built by the Southern Pacific Company between February 1902 and March 1904 across Promontory Point, it bypassed the original Central Pacific Railroad route through Promontory Summit where the Golden Spike was driven in 1869. By going west across the lake from Ogden, Utah to Lucin, Utah, it cut off 43 miles and avoided curvatures and grades. In 1944 it was the site of a train wreck in which 48 people were killed. The trestle was eventually replaced in the late 1950s with a parallel causeway built under contract by the Morrison Knudsen construction company.
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