Rating:
No votes cast

Tuolumne River Bridge

Tuolumne County, California
Share:

Photos 

View Across Meadow At East Elevation

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Tuolumne Meadows typifies the National Park Service's attempt to merge road structures into their natural surroundings by making some use of native materials.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

View Uglybridges.com report

Facts 

Overview
Concrete tee beam bridge over Tuolumne River on Tioga Road
Location
Tuolumne County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1934
Builder
- C. G. Willis & Sons (Contractor)
Design
Concrete tee beam
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 32.2 ft.
Total length: 86.9 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.87611, -119.35472   (decimal degrees)
37°52'34" N, 119°21'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/292899/4194683 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Tioga Pass
Inventory number
BH 51195 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2010)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 44.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
1,200

Categories 

Beam (6,034)
Built 1934 (540)
Built during 1930s (8,548)
C. G. Willis & Sons (1)
California (1,615)
Concrete tee beam (1,077)
HAER documented (781)
 Have street view (9,880)
Open (28,294)
Owned by National Park Service (253)
Owned by federal government (590)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,046)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,793)
Tuolumne County, California (15)

Update Log 

  • February 4, 2012: Added by Mike Goff

Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • HAER CA-109 - Tuolumne Meadows Bridge, Spanning Tuolumne River on Tioga Road, Mather, Tuolumne County, CA

Comments 

Post a comment here Contact webmaster