Facts
- Overview
- Deck truss bridge over North Fork American River on Auburn-Forest Hill Road in North Auburn
- Location
- Placer County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1972
- Design
- Deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 861.9 ft.
Total length: 2,429.3 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.92194, -121.03889 (decimal degrees)
38°55'19" N, 121°02'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/670009/4309943 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Auburn
- Inventory numbers
- CA 19C-60 (California bridge number)
BH 11242 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 05/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 86.3 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1975)
- 2,200
Update Log
- November 5, 2008: New photo from Larry Matthews
- November 6, 2006: Posted photo from Larry Matthews
Sources
- Larry Matthews - ffhiker [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Didn't anyone see him there? I wish someone would have. My god why did you stop him Lord! If he could have just had his wings a little sooner. Rest in Paradise my sweet sweet Andrew.
The bridge was used in the beginning of the movie "XXX" (Triple X) where the hero drove the Corvette off the bridge. It was not special effects - it really happened. The 'Vette ended up in small plastic pieces at the bottom. Over the years several suicides have occurred and a few accidents. All in all, the bridge need not have been built as the dam that was supposed to result in a flooding the valley below never was built.
An unneeded bridge. As it turned out, the damed dam that would have inundated the canyon and made need for the bridge was never built. The older bridge is still there at the bottom of the canyon, after a steep drive down a winding cliff-side drive.