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Leimert Bridge

Alameda County, California

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Leimert Bridge Plaque

Historic Landmark Plaque dedicated to Leimert Bridge over Sausal Creek in Diamond Canyon, Oakland, California

Photo taken by Mike Buckley in July 2011

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BH Photo #206448

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Description 

The bridge was built by the Park Boulevard Company, owned by Oakland real estate developers Walter and Harry Leimert, to give easy access via a road and street car line serving their real estate developments on the south side of deep Diamond Canyon, through which Sausal Creek flows, and connect with their developments along Park Boulevard on the north side of the canyon. Park Boulevard connected these developments with downtown Oakland. The bridge has been declared Oakland Landmark number 40. The designer was the talented engineer, George Posey, who designed the Posey Tube connecting Oakland and the Island of Alameda under the Oakland Estuary.

Today tall trees and other shrubs growing in Diamond Canyon almost completely obscure the bridge.

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Diamond Canyon in Oakland, California; carries Leimert Boulevard over canyon.
Location
Oakland, Alameda County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1926 to promote real estate development on south side of canyon.
Builder
- Park Boulevard Co.
Design
Open spandrel concrete deck arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 172.9 ft.
Total length: 357.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Also called
Sausal Creek Arch Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.81222, -122.21361   (decimal degrees)
37°48'44" N, 122°12'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/569219/4185272 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Oakland East
Elevation
500 ft. above sea level
Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
7,335
Inventory numbers
CA 33C-215 (California bridge number)
BH 10792 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of November 2018)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 55.6 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Alameda County, California (90)
Arch (12,688)
Built 1926 (808)
Built during 1920s (10,288)
California (2,722)
Deck arch (11,923)
Have street view (29,338)
Oakland, California (35)
 Open (41,023)
Open-spandrel arch (809)
Owned by city (6,121)
Park Boulevard Co. (1)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,469)
Structurally deficient (12,799)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,566)

Update Log 

  • February 11, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 26, 2011: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • August 4, 2011: Updated by Mike Buckley: Fixed typo in last paragraph of description.
  • July 31, 2011: Updated by Mike Buckley: More detail

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