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Mormon Island Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Parker through truss bridge over South Fork American River on Road
- Location
- Mormon Island, Sacramento County, California, and El Dorado County, California
- Status
- Inundated
- History
- Built 1908; Inundated ca. 1955
- Builder
- - Darby Laydon & Co. of San Francisco, California
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.70722, -121.13333 (decimal degrees)
38°42'26" N, 121°07'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/662308/4285941 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 83860 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 27, 2018: Updated by Luke: Adjusted GPS per historicaerials; Added build date+builder & corrected loss date
- December 27, 2018: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
Comments
Mormon Island Bridge
They never said one was.
"North of here" ≠ here
Mormon Island Bridge
No there was never a concrete bridge at Mormon Island. Concrete piers held the metal truss bridge pictured in the photo. It was the 5th bridge at Mormon Island and the second truss bridge. The bridge was dismantled in 1954 as Folsom dam was being built.
There is a concrete bridge at Salmon Falls that was built 1926.
Mormon Island Bridge
Dana, that one is in El Dorado county.
Mormon Island Bridge
Thanks for adding info. Believe there to be a 1925 concrete Arch bridge still under water North of there. Was told once it popped out of water a few years back.
Mormon Island Bridge
Nice find, Dana.
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The satellite image of this lake shows how dire the water shortages in California are these days. If this lake keeps drying out you might be able to check on both bridges.