Rating:
11274
{82}%
2 votes
Port Wine Steel Bridge
Photos
Port Wine Road Bridge 1
Looking North
Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2010
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BH Photo #173464
Description
Riveted connection Pratt through truss with wood deck, spanning overflow channel of Slate Creek.
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Slate Creek on Port Wine Road South of La Porte
- Location
- Plumas County, California, and Sierra County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1910
- Builder
- - George Brandt (Builder)
- Design
- Riveted Pratt through truss with wood deck
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 123.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.5 ft.
- Also called
- Queen City Steel Bridge
Port Wine Bridge #1
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.66161, -120.96432 (decimal degrees)
39°39'42" N, 120°57'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/674626/4392181 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- La Porte
- Elevation
- 4151 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
- 50
- Inventory numbers
- CA 9C-14 (California bridge number)
CA 09C-14 (California bridge number)
BH 11274 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of October 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 27.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 20, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Riveted"
- November 22, 2011: Updated by Craig Philpott: refined location
- August 22, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: added details and photos
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- Port Wine Little Bridge (Same project) - I hope this relationship qualifies - they're certainly related bridges and this was the best category I could find.