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The Bridge to Nowhere

Los Angeles County, California
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The Bridge to Nowhere

Northward view from east bank. (00049326)

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Overview
Open-spandrel arch bridge
Location
Los Angeles County, California
Status
Abandoned
History
It spans the East Fork of the San Gabriel River and was meant to be part of a road connecting the San Gabriel Valley with Wrightwood. The East Fork Road was washed out during the great flood of March 1-2, 1938 and the bridge was abondoned.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.28319, -117.74696   (decimal degrees)
34°16'59" N, 117°44'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/431248/3793808 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
2697 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Mount San Antonio
Inventory number
BH 38466 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (1,371)
Arch (9,418)
Built 1937 (544)
Built during 1930s (8,553)
California (1,619)
Deck arch (8,695)
Los Angeles County, California (290)
Lost 1938 (8)
Lost during 1930s (59)
Open-spandrel arch (581)

Update Log 

  • March 14, 2009: Updated by Curtis Lee: added coordinates and elevation
  • January 13, 2009: Updated by David Kimbrough
  • January 3, 2009: Added by David Kimbrough

Sources 

  • David Kimbrough - kimbrough-photo [at] charter [dot] net
  • Curtis Lee - clee47ford [at] yahoo [dot] com
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The Bridge to Nowhere
Posted August 17, 2009, by Matthew Johnson (infinitywaltz [at] yahoo [dot] com)

My grandfather was one of the engineers who worked on this bridge. On an unrelated note, you can hike out to it and bungee jump off of it.