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Grove Way Bridge

Alameda County, California
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Grove Way Bridge

Looking NW

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in July 2010

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Overview
Concrete pony arch bridge over San Lorenzo Creek on Grove Way
Location
Castro Valley, Alameda County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1915
Builders
- P. A. Haviland (Engineer)
- Thomas B. Russell (Builder)
Design
Concrete Pony arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 63.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.9 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.68060, -122.09376   (decimal degrees)
37°40'50" N, 122°05'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/579910/4170764 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Hayward
Inventory numbers
CA 33C-205 (California bridge number)
BH 45585 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2010)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 61.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1978)
7,500

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Alameda County, California (39)
Built 1915 (971)
Built during 1910s (6,760)
California (1,631)
Castro Valley, California (5)
Concrete girder (527)
Curved chord through girder (60)
Functionally obsolete (7,054)
Girder (3,288)
 Have street view (10,035)
NR-eligible (3,750)
Open (28,454)
Owned by city (3,089)
P. A. Haviland (1)
Span length 50-75 feet (7,011)
Thomas B. Russell (1)
Through girder (1,147)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,907)

Update Log 

  • July 18, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: added photos and builder info
  • July 5, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott

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Grove Way Bridge
Posted November 9, 2010, by Craig Philpott (cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu)

Dear anonymous, I would love to see another photographer start to take bridge pictures in California. There are many moderate size historical bridge still to be photographed in California.

Grove Way Bridge
Posted November 9, 2010, by Anonymous

You beat me to it. I drive past there every weekend and have intended to take these pictures every week. Thanks for sharing them. I had no idea it was so old. I would have guessed the 1930's.