Bixby Creek Bridge
Video
Big Sur, Bixby Creek Bridge and Rocky Creek Bridge Drone Video of bridge and surrounding bluffs and ocean Craig Philpott |
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete arch bridge over Bixby Creek on CA 1
- Location
- Monterey County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1932
- Builders
- - Buckland & Taylor Ltd. of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Seismic Retrofit - Design Firm)
- Charles H. Purcell (Highway Engineer)
- Frederick W. Panhorst (Bridge Engineer)
- Harvey D. Stover (Design Engineer)
- Ward Engineering Co (1932 builder)
- Design
- Open-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 330.1 ft.
Total length: 713.9 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Mill Creek Bridge
Bixby Bridge
Bixby's Bridge
Rainbow Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +36.37105, -121.90166 (decimal degrees)
36°22'16" N, 121°54'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/598526/4025665 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Point Sur
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 4,300
- Inventory numbers
- CA 44-19 (California bridge number)
BH 11166 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of July 2017)
- 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: 47 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- November 20, 2022: New photos from Josh Schmid
- May 30, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- March 29, 2018: Updated by Craig Philpott: added drone photos and video by drone link
- February 11, 2018: New Street View added by Leslie R trick
- January 22, 2017: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: Added categories "Othmar H. Ammann Nominee", "Othmar H Ammann Award winner"
- March 18, 2014: Updated by Craig Philpott: added alternate names and builder info
- December 30, 2012: New photo from Bill Culp
- January 16, 2011: New photos from Craig Philpott
- December 16, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
- March 6, 2009: New photos from C Hanchey
Sources
- Wikipedia
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Buckland & Taylor Ltd. - Bridge Engineering - Bixby Creek Bridge project page
- Bill Culp
- Leslie R Trick - Leslie [dot] Trick [at] gmail [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
- Engineering News-Record 1933-04-13: Vol 110 Iss 15
- Josh Schmid
Comments
Daniel, DOES appear to be GM commercial bridge. Any input from sure eyed pontists?
Added three pictures from overhead drone camera
I rode across this bridge in the opening credits of the 1969 TV series "Then Came Bronson" since that time the bridge has become a Mecca for Harley Davidson motorcycle fans from that generation. The TCB reunion which was held at the bridge on March 21-24, 2009 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Pilot movie, 24 March 1969 was a great sucess, We plan on doing it again in September 2009 to honor the first TV episode, contact my website for details http://www.jimbronson.com , until then Hang in There!
I rode across this bridge in the opening credits of the 1969 TV series "Then Came Bronson" since that time the bridge has become a Mecca for Harley motorcycle fans from that generation. The 2nd Annual TCB reunion will be held at this bridge on March 24, 2009 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Pilot Episode, 24 March 1969. Contact my website for details http://www.jimbronson.com , until then Hang in There!
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ca/monterey/bixby/
The "Colorado Fire" near Big Sur, CA has burned down to the Bixby Creek Bridge. Dramatic photo of fire at the bridge in this newspaper article. So far, the bridge itself appears to be undamaged, though a stretch of the highway is closed.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/22/rare-terrifying-winte...