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Black Point Bridge (1917)
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Blackpoint Bridge
California Drawbridges (Bernard C. Winn)
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in March 2013
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BH Photo #284296
Description
This bridge was built by the Strauss Engineering Co this bridge was operated by two equal towers.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Baltimore through truss bridge over Petaluma Creek on CA 37
- Location
- Marin County, California, and Sonoma County, California
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1917; Replaced 1958
- Builders
- - California Highway Commission
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Design
- Baltimore through truss bascule
- Dimensions
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Total length: 150.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.11563, -122.50512 (decimal degrees)
38°06'56" N, 122°30'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/543380/4218759 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Novato
- Inventory number
- BH 61081 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 1, 2016: New photo from Dave King
- February 1, 2016: New photos from Douglas Butler
- May 27, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler
Sources
- Douglas Butler
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com