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The Bridge to Nowhere

Los Angeles County, California

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The Bridge to Nowhere

Northward view from east bank. (00049326)

Los Angeles Public Library

BH Photo #131225

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Overview
Open-spandrel arch bridge over East Fork San Gabriel River on San Gabriel Valley-Wrightwood Road
Location
Los Angeles County, California
Status
Abandoned
History
It spans the East Fork of the San Gabriel River and was meant to be part of a road connecting the San Gabriel Valley with Wrightwood. The East Fork Road was washed out during the great flood of March 1-2, 1938 and the bridge was abondoned.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.28319, -117.74696   (decimal degrees)
34°16'59" N, 117°44'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
11/431248/3793808 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Camp Bonita
Elevation
2697 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 38466 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,619)
Arch (12,060)
Built 1937 (804)
Built during 1930s (11,702)
California (2,560)
Deck arch (11,298)
 Have street view (26,825)
Los Angeles County, California (377)
Lost 1938 (75)
Lost during 1930s (614)
Open-spandrel arch (755)
San Gabriel River (California) (23)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2015: New Street View added by Luke
  • March 14, 2009: Updated by Curtis Lee: added coordinates and elevation
  • January 13, 2009: Updated by David Kimbrough
  • January 3, 2009: Added by David Kimbrough

Sources 

  • David Kimbrough - kimbrough-photo [at] charter [dot] net
  • Curtis Lee - clee47ford [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke
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The Bridge to Nowhere
Posted August 17, 2009, by Matthew Johnson (infinitywaltz [at] yahoo [dot] com)

My grandfather was one of the engineers who worked on this bridge. On an unrelated note, you can hike out to it and bungee jump off of it.