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San Pablo Creek Bridge

Contra Costa County, California

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San Pablo Creek

The NBI database says there is an arch under this section of freeway for the passage of San Pablo Creek. Short of feigning a vehicle breakdown there is no way to stop and check what is actually the design under the freeway.

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in April 2010

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BH Photo #161618

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over San Pablo Creek on I-80 in Richmond
Location
Contra Costa County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1954
Design
Arch type culvert
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 20.0 ft.
Total length: 45.9 ft.
Deck width: 123.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.96219, -122.32904   (decimal degrees)
37°57'44" N, 122°19'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/558938/4201832 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Richmond
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
179,000
Inventory numbers
CA 28-107 (California bridge number)
BH 10853 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2017)
Overall condition: Good
Sufficiency rating: 70 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,942)
Built 1954 (387)
Built during 1950s (4,085)
California (2,819)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,365)
Contra Costa County, California (62)
Deck arch (12,153)
 Functionally obsolete (5,569)
Interstate 80 (23)
Open (41,561)
Owned by state (16,803)
Skewed (5,118)
Span length under 25 feet (7,184)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,729)

Update Log 

  • April 8, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Corrected GPS added photo

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San Pablo Creek Bridge
Posted April 8, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Craig,

You can pull up Bing's Bird's Eye View and get a rough idea of what's under there. Looks like a glorified culvert.

http://www.bing.com/maps/explore/?org=aj#/y34tg67fmxg48rbl

San Pablo Creek "Bridge"
Posted April 8, 2010, by Craig Philpott (cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu)

This bridge/culvert is a cautionary example of importing data from the NBI just because it has "arch" in the description.