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Eel River Bridge

Humboldt County, California

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Eel River Bridge N of Rio Dell

Looking South

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in December 2009

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BH Photo #150677

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Eel River on US 101 in Rio Dell
Location
Humboldt County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1941; rehabilitated 1989
Design
K type Pratt Through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 304.1 ft.
Total length: 1,643.1 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
Also called
The Scotia Bridge
Robinson Ferry Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.50967, -124.12001   (decimal degrees)
40°30'35" N, 124°07'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/405110/4484931 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hydesville
Inventory numbers
CA 4-16R (California bridge number)
CA 04-16R (California bridge number)
BH 10899 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2015)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 69.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
4,400

Categories 

Beam (11,841)
Built 1941 (400)
Built during 1940s (3,549)
California (2,306)
Concrete stringer (586)
Eel River (California) (21)
Flared (406)
Functionally obsolete (7,949)
Have street view (21,905)
Humboldt County, California (68)
Open (36,418)
 Owned by state (13,580)
Painted Seafoam Green (7)
Painted green (133)
Pratt through truss (4,568)
Pratt truss (7,965)
Skewed (4,669)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,078)
Through truss (12,861)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,655)
Truss (29,377)
US 101 (104)

Update Log 

  • September 12, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Painted Seafoam Green"
  • June 19, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Painted green"
  • July 3, 2011: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • May 10, 2010: New photos from Craig Philpott
  • March 9, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: added street view
  • February 17, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Corrected design description
  • December 15, 2009: New photos from Craig Philpott

Related Bridges 

  • Fernbridge (Downstream) - One modern bridge between structures
  • Eel River Bridge (Upstream) - Two modern bridges between structures

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Eel River Bridge
Posted September 23, 2015, by Polly Petersen (PollyP [at] gmail [dot] com)

Paul E. Mudgett Memorial bridge reopened in middle September 2015 after $3 million in repairs. The southbound bridge at this location is named the "Nello J Barsanti Memorial Bridge".

Eel River Bridge
Posted March 7, 2010, by Anonymous

This bridge collapsed in the floods of 1964 and 1986. There was a third arch to this bridge which was hed away in the flood of 1964. It was replaced with the skyway portion seen above.