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Blackford Road Bridge

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Blackford Road Bridge

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in May 2010

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Bear River Camp Farwest Wier on Blackford Road
Location
Yuba County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1916; moved to this location 1967
Design
Pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss with vertical end posts.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 303.2 ft.
Total length: 310.1 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.05000, -121.31583   (decimal degrees)
39°02'60" N, 121°18'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/645736/4323674 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
322 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Camp Far West
Inventory numbers
CA 16C-81 (California bridge number)
BH 11755 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2011)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 62.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
540

Update Log 

  • May 23, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: corrected details and added photos
  • April 25, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

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Blackford Road Bridge
Posted May 23, 2010, by Craig Philpott (cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu)

Because of the vertical end posts, this bridge appears to me to have been one span of a multi span bridge when first installed at the original unknown location.

Blackford Road Bridge
Posted November 23, 2008, by Marin (marvswetz [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Why doesn't it say where the bridge was moved from? It wasn't built where it's at.

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