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North Fork American River Bridge

Placer County, California, and El Dorado County, California
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North Fork American River Bridge

Photo taken by Brian Smith in June 2012

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Overview
Concrete deck girder bridge over North Fork American River on CA 49
Location
Placer County, California, and El Dorado County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built in 1965, this is the fourth highway bridge at this location
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Concrete deck girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 106.1 ft.
Deck width: 10.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.91479, -121.04027   (decimal degrees)
38°54'53" N, 121°02'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/669907/4309147 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Auburn
Inventory number
BH 52810 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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American Bridge Co. (447)
Built 1965 (139)
Built during 1960s (1,213)
California (1,615)
Concrete girder (519)
Deck girder (1,795)
El Dorado County, California (15)
 Girder (3,227)
Have street view (9,880)
Open (28,294)
Owned by state (9,803)
Placer County, California (31)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,298)

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  • July 3, 2012: Added by Brian Smith

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North Fork American River Bridge - Hwy 49
Posted July 4, 2012, by mike Lynch (lynch3212 [at] wavecable [dot] com)

Great Job...looking forward to those historical photos.

Here is one from 1946.

Mike

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