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Albion River Bridge

Mendocino County, California

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Albion River Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in August 2008

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BH Photo #134987

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Overview
Deck truss bridge over Albion River on CA 1
Location
Albion, Mendocino County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1944
Design
Main span: Baltimore(?) deck truss
Approaches: Double-intersection Warren(?) deck trusses
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 129.9 ft.
Total length: 969.2 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.22611, -123.76917   (decimal degrees)
39°13'34" N, 123°46'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/433608/4342150 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Albion
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
2,100
Inventory numbers
CA 10-136 (California bridge number)
BH 11122 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2016)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 53.2 (out of 100)
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Albion, California (2)
Baltimore deck truss (30)
Baltimore truss (334)
Built 1944 (107)
Built during 1940s (3,932)
CA 1 (25)
California (2,303)
Deck truss (1,619)
Doomed (1,069)
 Have street view (25,682)
Mendocino County, California (58)
Navigable waterway (2,094)
Open (38,500)
Owned by state (15,289)
Pacific Coast Highway (21)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,011)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,689)
Truss (31,442)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2018: New photos from Mike Goff
  • March 14, 2018: New photo from John Bernhisel
  • February 17, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • June 4, 2017: New photos from John Bernhisel
  • February 10, 2016: Photo imported by Dave King
  • July 31, 2013: New photo from Mike Lynch
  • March 9, 2012: New photos from Craig Philpott
  • June 5, 2011: New photo from Craig Philpott
  • March 9, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: added street view
  • March 5, 2010: New photo from Craig Philpott
  • August 4, 2009: New photo from Craig Philpott
  • August 1, 2009: New photo from Craig Philpott
  • March 7, 2009: New photos from C Hanchey

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Albion River Bridge
Posted November 22, 2019, by Bryon

The locals are working on getting it declared historic. Caltrans wants to replace it rather than retrofit due to a new bridge can be built while this one still in use versus closing it during retrofit. Caltrans says it has 10-20 years of life left but is costing $500,000 a year in maintaining the wood structure and the deck and they point out there is no pedestrian or bike access. This article is 1 year old.

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Fate-of-Highway-1s-Las...

Albion River Bridge
Posted January 2, 2019, by Daniel

One of the photos states:

"Postcard of Albion Bridge from the 1930's?"

as the bridge was built in 1944, and the photo appears to show the current bridge (rather than the low pony truss that preceded it), I don't believe the claim of 1930s is accurate. I won't claim to know when it's from, though.

Oddly enough that photo is no longer on wiki, and google image search doesn't find it anywhere other than here. When I look at the wiki article from July 2013 it isn't there either.