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Spanish Creek Hwy 70 West Face, looking North Photo taken by Craig Philpott in March 2010 |
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Spanish Creek Hwy 70 West Face Photo taken by Craig Philpott in March 2010 |
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Spanish Creek Hwy 70 West Face Photo taken by Craig Philpott in March 2010 |
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Spanish Creek Hwy 70 Photo taken by Craig Philpott in March 2010 |
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Spanish creek 1936 University of California, Davis. General Library. Dept. of Special Collections. |
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Spanish Creek Bridge The replacement project continues on the West side of existing bridge. Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2010 |
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Spanish Creek Bridge East face of bridge. Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2010 |
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Spanish Creek Bridge Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2010 |
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Spanish Creek Bridge Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2010 |
Facts
- Overview
- Deck truss bridge over Spanish Creek and Union Pacific RR on CA 70
- Location
- Plumas County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Future prospects
- Slated for demolition and replacement.
- History
- Built 1932
- Design
- Subdivided Warren deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 142.1 ft.
Total length: 618.1 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.02470, -120.96275 (decimal degrees)
40°01'29" N, 120°57'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/673842/4432487 (zone/easting/northing)
- Elevation
- 3176 ft. above sea level
- USGS topographic map
- Crescent Mills, CA
- Inventory numbers
- CA 9-15 (California bridge number)
BH 11276 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 06/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 40.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
- 3,175
Update Log
- August 25, 2010: New photos from Craig Philpott
- July 6, 2010: New Street View added by Cliff Darby
- July 6, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Bridge is doomed.
- March 15, 2010: New photo from Craig Philpott
- March 7, 2010: New photos from Craig Philpott
Sources
- Spanish Creek Replacement - CALTRANS Project Page
- Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu
- CalTrans - Concrete arch preferred replacement option
- Nathan Holth
- Cliff Darby - clif30 [at] hotmail [dot] com