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Big Creek Bridge

Monterey County, California
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PCH Big Creek Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in August 2008

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Big Creek on CA 1
Location
Monterey County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1938
Builder
- Christian T. Gutleben
Design
Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 178.2 ft.
Total length: 588.9 ft.
Deck width: 23.6 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.07000, -121.59833   (decimal degrees)
36°04'12" N, 121°35'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/626221/3992621 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Lopez Point
Inventory numbers
CA 44-56 (California bridge number)
BH 11165 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2011)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 47.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
2,800

Categories 

Arch (9,419)
Built 1938 (581)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
CA 1 (20)
California (1,622)
Christian T. Gutleben (5)
Deck arch (8,699)
Functionally obsolete (7,038)
 Have street view (9,889)
Monterey County, California (25)
NR-eligible (3,749)
Open (28,309)
Open-spandrel arch (582)
Owned by state (9,807)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,483)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)

Update Log 

  • January 16, 2011: New photos from Craig Philpott
  • April 23, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • March 30, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: added engineer
  • March 6, 2009: New photos from C Hanchey

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Big Creek Bridge
Posted January 16, 2011, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

The fact that the ends of the half arch do not meet the abutment is quite odd. Loads must be transferred up to the stringer and horizontally to the abutment wall.

You have posted photos of some of the most famously beautiful bridges in this country. Here in the Midwest we see films shot on these locations and wish we could see more of the bridges. Very nice work.

Big Creek Bridge engineering
Posted January 16, 2011, by Craig Philpott (cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu)

Interesting engineering and design. The approach arch on each end of the bridge is actually an unsupported or cantilevered half arch. I would be much interested in more information or discussion of this detail.