Scales Road Bridge

Photos

Scales Rd off Quincy La Porte Rd

Looking NE

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2010

BH Photo #173351

Overview: Concrete monolithic bridge over Slate Creek on Scales Road
Location: Yuba County, California, and Plumas County, California
Status: Bridge is open from South approach, road closed on North approach.
Future prospects: Road is listed as "closed indefinitely".
History: Replaced previous unknown pony truss bridge built in 1939
Design: Concrete monolithic girder with integrated solid pour side rails.
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 129.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.61224, -121.05575 (decimal degrees)
39°36'44" N, 121°03'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/666901/4386527 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Strawberry Valley
Average daily traffic (as of 2007): 60
Inventory numbers: CA 16C-23 (California bridge number)
BH 11760 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2015): Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 64.5 (out of 100)
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August 22, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added photos
February 16, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added second county, bridge on county line

Scales Road Bridge

Posted July 30, 2013, by John S. (johngsaraba [at] frontiernet [dot] net)

Is the Scales road bridge over Slate creek still closed?

Scales Road Bridge

Posted August 23, 2010, by Craig Philpott (cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu)

The description error on this bridge was a reference to the preceding 1930's bridge which was a pony truss. Description revised.

Scales Road Bridge

Posted August 23, 2010, by Robert Thompson

"Pony truss"? Looks like a typical UCEB to me...