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Lodge Pole Bridge

Tulare County, California
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Lodgepole Bridge, South Elevation, Facing Northwest

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

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Description 

The Marble Fork Bridge was an important link of the Generals Highway allowing for the road construction to continue to the General Grant Tree, creating a continuous loop connecting Sequoia and General Grant national parks in 1935. The concrete arch bridge with masonry facade is a good surviving example of the park service rustic aesthetic.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Marble Fork Kaweah River on Generals Highway
Location
Tulare County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1930
Builders
- Eric E. Erhart (Resident Engineer - Bureau of Public Roads)
- John B. Wosky (Architect - National Parks Service)
- W. A. Bechtel Co. (Contractor)
Design
Concrete closed-spandrel arch with stone facade
Dimensions
Span length: 44.9 ft.
Total length: 44.9 ft.
Deck width: 25.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+36.60472, -118.73417   (decimal degrees)
36°36'17" N, 118°44'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/344898/4052424 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Lodgepole
Inventory number
BH 11704 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2011)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 53.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
662

Categories 

Arch (9,419)
Built 1930 (1,238)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
California (1,622)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,759)
Deck arch (8,700)
Eric E. Erhart (2)
HAER documented (782)
Have street view (9,891)
 John B. Wosky (2)
Open (28,316)
Owned by National Park Service (253)
Owned by federal government (590)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,054)
Total length 25-50 feet (7,628)
Tulare County, California (14)
W. A. Bechtel Co. (2)

Update Log 

  • February 6, 2012: HAER photos posted by Mike Goff
  • March 20, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added street view

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu
  • Wikipedia - Generals Highway stone bridges
  • HAER CA-140-A - Generals Highway, Lodge Pole Bridge, Spanning Marble Fork of Kaweah River, approximately 21 miles northwest of Ash Mountain Entrance, Three Rivers, Tulare County, CA

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