Fruitvale Bridge, Vertical-lift railway bridge in San Francisco Bay Area, California.

The Fruitvale Bridge is a vertical-lift railway bridge that crosses the Oakland Estuary between Oakland and Alameda in California. The structure uses a Warren through truss design to span the waterway and support rail traffic across the estuary.

A railroad-only swing truss bridge opened at this site in 1894. It was regraded for road traffic and its tracks were removed in 1951, when the present vertical-lift rail bridge was completed. Southern Pacific ran freight across the lift span until Union Pacific absorbed it on September 11, 1996; the last train crossed in 2000.

The Miller-Sweeney road bridge opens about 1,600 times a year for marine traffic, and its tender runs the rail span from a console in the road bridge's control tower. The road bridge won a Most Beautiful Bridges Award for movable spans from the American Institute of Steel Construction in 1974.

The rail span stays raised about 85 feet above its original track footings and only lowers for maintenance and testing, when it can reach 120 feet or close fully. A county bridge tender runs it from a console in the Miller-Sweeney control tower. The parallel road bridge has no overhead steel, so tall vehicles should use it.

The rail span stays raised about 85 feet above its original track footings and can lift to 120 feet or close fully for maintenance and testing. A county employee operates it from a console in the Miller-Sweeney control tower, and the last train crossed in 2000.