Tenaya Creek Bridge

Photos

View North Along Tenaya Creek At East Face Of Bridge

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

BH Photo #224393

Map

Description

Like other road bridges in Yosemite Valley, the Tenaya Creek Bridge exemplifies the National Park Service "rustic style" of architecture through its use of a stone veneer to conceal its reinforced concrete construction.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Concrete arch bridge over Tenaya Creek on Trail
Location: Mariposa County, California
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1928
Builders: - George D. Whittle (Engineer - Buearu of Public Roads)
- Rocca & Caletti of San Francisco, California. (Contractor)
Design: Closed spandrel arch with stone facade
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 56.8 ft.
Total length: 95.0 ft.
Deck width: 42.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.74190, -119.55803 (decimal degrees)
37°44'31" N, 119°33'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 11/274607/4180259 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Half Dome
Inventory number: BH 11115 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

February 2, 2012: HAER photos posted by Michael Goff

Sources

HAER CA-98 - Tenaya Creek Bridge, Spanning Tenaya Creek on Mirror Lake Road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA