This photograph depicts the construction of the Lucin Cutoff, a trestle bridge crossing the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Unlike many other bridges on the Transcontinental Railroad, this trestle was built very close to the water level, as one can see in the photo. In the image above, the tracks seem to span into the distance, with no end in sight. There are numerous men working on and alongside the bridge, some even on a makeshift barge. The Central Pacific Railroad Company is nearing completion of this bridge in the picture, with all the columns and rails already in place. The bridge looks small, but when compared to the size of the men working on it, one can see it was no easy task. Not only did the workers have to worry about building a structurally
