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Ponderosa Road Bridge

Placer County, California
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Ponderosa Rd bridge

Photo taken looking SW from N side, American River.

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in June 2008

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over North Fork American River on Ponderosa Road
Location
Placer County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1935
Design
Parker pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 129.9 ft.
Total length: 222.1 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.00000, -120.94000   (decimal degrees)
39°00'00" N, 120°56'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/678387/4318795 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Colfax
Inventory numbers
CA 19P-5 (California bridge number)
BH 11252 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2010)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 43.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
50

Categories 

Built 1935 (1,456)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
California (1,622)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Have street view (9,891)
One-lane traffic (7,112)
Open (28,315)
Owned by state (9,808)
Parker pony truss (300)
 Parker truss (1,267)
Placer County, California (31)
Pony truss (13,217)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,789)
Truss (23,573)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • March 11, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added street view
  • July 31, 2009: New photo from Craig Philpott

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