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Sugar Pine Bridge

Mariposa County, California

Photos 

Facing West Across Bridge

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #251873

Map 

Description 

The National Park Service replaced bridges in Yosemite Valley with a series of rustic structures designed to harmonize with the landscape. Sugar Pine Bridge is a good example; the bridge's reinforced concrete arch is disguised by a veneer of native granite, making the bridge appear to be rough stone construction.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Merced River on Mirror Lake Trail
Location
Mariposa County, California
Status
Open to pedestrians/bicyclists only
History
Built 1928
Design
Closed-spandrel arch with stone facing
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 106.0 ft.
Total length: 105.0 ft.
Deck width: 26.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.74435, -119.56994   (decimal degrees)
37°44'40" N, 119°34'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/273565/4180560 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Half Dome
Inventory numbers
CA 40U-19 (California bridge number)
BH 55937 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,173)
Built 1928 (1,178)
Built during 1920s (9,957)
California (2,629)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,034)
Deck arch (11,410)
Doomed (1,091)
HAER documented (1,107)
 Mariposa County, California (58)
Open to pedestrians (4,253)
Owned by National Park Service (467)
Owned by federal government (1,228)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,409)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,191)
Yosemite National Park (21)

Update Log 

  • March 30, 2013: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER CA-99 - Sugar Pine Bridge, Spanning Merced River on service road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

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