Significance: Built in 1902, the Daggett Road Bridge is significant on a statewide basis as the oldest existing movable highway bridge in California. Since the early 1850s, the moveable span bridge in California was designed to allow railroad or highway traffic to proceed across a navigable river or harbor under most conditions as well as allowing water-borne traffic to proceed unimpeded whenever the need arose. The bridge type offered a solution to a state which had been settled with navigable waterways, but later developed with railroads and highways. The bridge is considered a contributing structure to the property defined as the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District that has been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.
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I found this old truss by coming here to bridgehunters and looked for it. Pulled off the main highway and parked. Saw the area was blocked off. A police car slowed down passing my car so I thought I better not get out and walk to the bridge. I personally hope this old truss and many others can be relocated and restored. It saddened me to see the condition and total abandonment of this old structure. Trusses are beautiful in parks and bike trails through the woods. It's like seeing a beautiful structure go to ruins when I see this. After reading another comment here, I am glad I didn't venture over to trespassing with my camera.
I was told by two Port of Stockton police officers that not only this abandoned bridge, but the open highway next to it were all owned by the Port of Stockton and were private property with photography forbidden. I was fortunate to have already taken some photos at this point, but if anyone tries to visit this bridge, you should be aware of this.
Been passing through here every day for 3 months now and take pictures nearly everyday. One morning I was on the side of the road getting my camera ready when a Port PD officer stopped to see if everything was okay. I explained what I was doing. He gave me a thumbs up and drove away.