Photos
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Donner Pass Road Bridge Donner Pass Road Bridge. Photo taken by Larry Matthews in Spring 2007. |
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Rainbow Bridge East Approach Photo taken during the 2003 Lincoln Highway Cross Country Cruise. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2003 |
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The south side The photo was actually taken by Tom Kishman, because I was driving across the bridge at the time. This photo was taken during the Lincoln Highway Association Cross Country Cruise in 2003. Photo taken by Tom Kishmanin August 2003 |
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Donner Pass Bridge Photo taken by Craig Philpott in June 2008 |
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Donner Bridge about 1988 Looking at East face of bridge while looking NW. Photo scanned by Craig Philpott from 1988 |
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete arch bridge over Donner Summit on Donner Pass Road
- Location
- Nevada County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1924; rehabilitated 1996
- Builder
- - Harlan D. Miller
- Design
- Open-spandrel concrete arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 117.1 ft.
Total length: 241.2 ft.
Deck width: 24.3 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.31954, -120.31902 (decimal degrees)
39°19'10" N, 120°19'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/731119/4355665 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Norden
- Inventory numbers
- CA 17C-52 (California bridge number)
BH 11222 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2008)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 69.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1980)
- 800
Update Log
- May 30, 2010: New photo from Craig Philpott
- March 16, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added streetview
- July 31, 2009: New photo from Craig Philpott
- April 7, 2008: Updated by James Baughn
- March 30, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added Bridge to "Lincoln Highway" Category
- March 28, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added bridge to the "Curved" category
- February 27, 2008: New photos from J.R. Manning
- February 18, 2008: New photo from Larry Matthews
Sources
- Larry Matthews
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu