Lucin Cutoff

	Southern Pacific Railroad: Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off Trestle
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Aerial view of the Lucin Cutoff
Nearest city:	Ogden, Utah
Coordinates:	41°13′0″N 112°41′40″W / 41.216667°N 112.69444°WCoordinates: 41°13′0″N 112°41′40″W / 41.216667°N 112.69444°W
Area:	143 acres (58 ha)
Built:	1902
Architect:	Hood,William
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	72001257
Added to NRHP:	April 14, 1972

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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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