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Friebaugh Drawbridge
Photos
San Joaquin River Bridge
Firebaugh CA
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in November 2014
BH Photo #308117
Description
Built in 1885 this bridge was known as the "Great Drawbridge at Firebaugh". In it's early years it opened several times a month. During it's lifetime it was condemned several times for the last 40 years of it's life it never opened at all it was replaced in 1948.source "California Drawbridges" Bernard C. Winn
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Polygonal Warren through truss bridge over San Joaquin River on 7th Avenue
- Location
- Firebaugh, Fresno County, California
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built in 1885 Removed in 1948
- Design
- Polygonal Warren through truss swing
- Dimensions
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Total length: 670.0 ft.
- Also called
- The Great Drawbridge at Firebaugh
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.86029, -120.45088 (decimal degrees)
36°51'37" N, 120°27'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/727245/4082407 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Firebaugh
- Inventory number
- BH 64021 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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The 1885 Firebaugh Drawbridge has standing ruins on the west bank of the San Joanquin River and the spindle in the river itself:
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmorP1sL