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Dry Creek Bridge

Amador County, California

Photo 

Amador County, California Bridges: Cook Road Bridge (26C0048) across Dry Creek (1)

Photo taken by Mark Yashinsky

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

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BH Photo #347571

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned Pratt pony truss bridge over Dry Creek on 5 Mile Dr
Location
Ione, Amador County, California
Status
Removed, new bridge built, bridge left sitting in meadow next to creek
History
Built 1910, bypassed 1989
Builders
- Berkeley Steel Co.
- V.F. Garbarini
Design
Pratt half-hip pony truss bridge. Overhead bracing is an alteration and not original.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 115.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.2 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1986
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.35392, -120.95862   (decimal degrees)
38°21'14" N, 120°57'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/678371/4247056 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ione
Inventory numbers
NRHP 86000734 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 69935 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,782)
Amador County, California (34)
Berkeley Steel Co. (1)
Built 1910 (1,190)
Built during 1910s (9,814)
California (2,662)
Half-hip Pratt pony truss (523)
Have street view (27,729)
Ione, California (1)
 NR-listed (2,997)
Owned by county (21,239)
Pin-connected (4,068)
Pony truss (16,577)
Pratt pony truss (3,763)
Pratt truss (9,688)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,464)
Truss (33,926)
V.F. Garbarini (1)

Update Log 

  • March 12, 2018: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated bridge type to reflect the original design and better illustrate its historic significance.
  • May 30, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • July 7, 2016: New Street View added by J.P.
  • January 28, 2016: Photo imported by Dave King
  • November 28, 2015: New Street View added by Erik Hoffman
  • November 10, 2015: Added by Erik Hoffman

Sources 

  • Erik Hoffman - norcalroadswebsite [at] gmail [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
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Comments 

Dry Creek Bridge
Posted March 12, 2018, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

The overhead bracing is not original. At first, I thought it was a replacement for original bracing. Then I noticed the bridge is configured as a Half-Hip Pratt. Then I found the NRHP Nomination... If the NRHP nomination (attached) is accurate, this bridge was originally a pony truss! Never heard of a half-hip pin connected pony truss of this span length.

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