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Sugar Pine Bridge
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
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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)
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