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The official meeting point for the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific was at Promontory Summit, Utah (also known as Promontory Point) Utah on 10 May 1869.
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Promontory Point in Utah is where the Lucin Cutoff intersects with the Promontory Peninsula. The Lucin Cutoff is a railroad line crossing the Great Salt Lake.
Promontory Summit is in Box Elder County, Utah. It is 32 miles west of Brigham City and 66 miles northwest of Salt Lake City.
It marks the point where the transcontinental railroad system was completed.
The Central Pacific Railroad met the Union Pacific Railroad at Promontory, Utah on May 10, 1869.
Promontory Point, Utah
This is true. The Union Pacific Railroad was the first trans-continental railroad. It ran from Chicago and Promontory Point, Utah.