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View Of Substructure And Stone Abutment At West End Of Bridge

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

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Description

The South Fork Tuolumne River Bridge represents one of the last examples in Yosemite National Park of the National Park Service "rustic style" of architecture as applied to road bridges.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts

Overview: Steel stringer bridge over South Fork Tuolumne River on Tioga Road
Location: Tuolumne County, California
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1937
Builder: - Morrison-Knudsen (Contractor)
Design: Steel stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 65.0 ft.
Total length: 67.9 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.79222, -119.72250 (decimal degrees)
37°47'32" N, 119°43'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 11/260276/4186253 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Tamarack Flat
Inventory number: BH 51194 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2010): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 46.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 1,200

Update Log

February 4, 2012: Added by Mike Goff

Sources

Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
HAER CA-108 - South Fork Tuolumne River Bridge, Spanning South Fork Tuolumne River on Tioga Road, Mather, Tuolumne County, CA

South Fork Tuolumne River Bridge