Bartlett Springs Road Bridge
Video
Drone Flight including Bartlett Springs Rd Bridge Bridge pictures show in video at 0:42 seconds. craig philpott photography |
Essay
Written by Christopher FiniganWith the loss of the Lake Street Bridge and with the finding of this bridge, the old Bartlett Springs Road Bridge may well be the only remaining pin-connected through truss bridge in Lake County. Satellite images on Google maps show the bridge partially submerged and surrounded by the Indian Valley Reservoir, which helps protect it from the wildfires. However, this bridge does not deserve to be abandoned and forgotten. I wholeheartedly believe she deserves to be preserved, restored, and reopened for pedestrian usage.
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over North Fork Cache Creek on Bartlett Springs Rd
- Location
- Lake County, California
- Status
- Abandoned in place, streambed has channeled new path
- Future prospects
- Abandoned in place.
- Design
- Pratt through truss with wood deck and concrete abutments
- Dimensions
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Span length: 95.0 ft.
Total length: 95.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
- Also called
- North Fork Cache Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.15358, -122.57754 (decimal degrees)
39°09'13" N, 122°34'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/536502/4333904 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hough Springs
- Elevation
- 1487 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 70191 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 9, 2019: New photos from Craig Philpott
- December 27, 2018: New Street View added by Daniel
- September 3, 2018: New video from Craig Philpott
- July 4, 2018: Updated by Luke: Corrected status to Inundated
- June 11, 2016: Essay added by Christopher Finigan
- December 6, 2015: Added by Craig Philpott
Sources
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Christopher Finigan
- Luke
- Daniel
Comments
Craig, is the road in decent shape or is it pretty bad from the recent weather? I'm assuming you came from the East.
The 99th mystery bridge takes us to California and the Springs. There, a through truss bridge, having been submerged since 1975, has revealed itself presenting a possibility to save it before the drought ends. Details here: https://bridgehunterschronicles.wordpress.com/2018/07/04/mys...
This bridge deserves to be preserved, restored, and reopened for pedestrian usage in Lake County, as she may well be its only surviving pin-connected through truss bridge.
weird to see something from indian valley out in the internets... that place is a world apart from anything even remotely internet related
A newly posted bridge in Lake County CA. Pretty cool find.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ca/lake/bh70191/
I stopped by yesterday. Access to the road on the South side has been fenced/gated not far from the new bridge, so the only place to see it from is the existing road (and the smaller road between the river and the existing road). I'd been hoping to be able to get closer than there.