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Hiouchi Bridge

Del Norte County, California
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Lost cantilevered through truss bridge over Smith River on US 199
Location
Del Norte County, California
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1929; damaged by an oversized truck on March 31, 1989; demolished August 1989
Builder
- Parker-Schram Co.
Design
Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 615.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.80639, -124.08222   (decimal degrees)
41°48'23" N, 124°04'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/410101/4628846 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Hiouchi
Inventory numbers
CA 1-06 (California bridge number)
BH 36687 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1929 (670)
Built during 1920s (7,033)
California (1,622)
Cantilevered (242)
Cantilevered truss (222)
Del Norte County, California (11)
Formerly NR-eligible (264)
Have street view (9,891)
Laced endposts (72)
 Lost (10,362)
Lost 1989 (74)
Lost during 1980s (436)
Parker-Schram Co. (1)
Replaced by new bridge (7,135)
Through truss (9,206)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Truss (23,570)

Update Log 

  • March 22, 2011: New photo from Michael Goff
  • October 31, 2010: New photo from Craig Philpott
  • May 30, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • June 10, 2008: New photos from Historic American Engineering Record

Sources 

  • Historic American Engineering Record
  • Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu
  • HAER CA-75 - Smith River Bridge
  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com

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