‘Dirty Harry’ Railroad Trestle to Be Demolished
An 1880s-era railroad trestle that played a supporting role in the film “Dirty Harry” will be dismantled, beginning Monday, because it was damaged in a traffic accident.
Larkspur officials said the trestle spanning Sir Francis Drake Boulevard was partially jolted out of place when a tractor-trailer carrying an oversized crane struck it in June.
Part of the old Northwest Pacific Railroad, the trestle has not carried trains since the 1980s, and was scheduled to be torn down as part of the city’s plan for widening the road beneath it. Officials expect the demolition to take about a week.
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