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New Hope Landing Bridge
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Mokelumne River South Fork Bridge
Removed California Drawbridges (Bernard C. Winn)
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013
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BH Photo #289542
Description
In 1905 this bridge was build replacing a trough truss swing bridge. This bridge utilized the center pier and some of the trusses of the old bridge. It was manually operated and opened quite often till about 1935 on. In 1960 it was replaced by a removable span bridge.
source "California Drawbridges" Bernard C. Winn
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over South Fork Mokelumne River on Walnut Grove Road
- Location
- New Hope Landing, San Joaquin County, California
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Replaced 1960
- Design
- Pratt through truss swing
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.22564, -121.49126 (decimal degrees)
38°13'32" N, 121°29'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/632059/4231926 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Thornton
- Inventory number
- BH 62055 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 18, 2018: Updated by Leslie R trick: Added info to description
- February 1, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
- July 28, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler
Sources
- Douglas Butler
- Leslie R Trick - Leslie [dot] Trick [at] gmail [dot] com