Rating:
11094
{80}%
1 vote
Tamarack Creek Bridge
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Tamarack Creek Bridge
North face
Photo taken by Craig Philpott in May 2010
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BH Photo #164848
Description
Tamarack Creek Bridge and nearby spans over Cascade and Wildcat creeks mark a departure from the "Rustic Style" bridges completed over the previous two decades elsewhere in Yosemite. The reinforced concrete open spandrel arch bridges carry the New Big Oak Flat Road over the three creeks as they tumble in steep cascades, and takes full advantage of the scenic potential. The graceful bridges are unobtrusive and harmonize with the surrounding landscape; their stream-lined look also reflects modern bridge design, as structures were planned for higher-speed travel.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete arch bridge over Tamarack Creek on Big Oak Flat Road
- Location
- Mariposa County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1939
- Builders
- - A.W. Schimberg (Resident Engineer)
- John Rocca (Contractor)
- McDonald and Fealy (Sub-Contractor - Concrete Products)
- Rocca & Caletti of San Francisco, California. (Contractor)
- Soule Steel Co. (Sub-Contractor - Reinforcing Steel Supplier)
- Design
- Concrete open spandrel deck arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 90.9 ft.
Total length: 189.0 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.72781, -119.71434 (decimal degrees)
37°43'40" N, 119°42'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 11/260787/4179083 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- El Capitan
- Elevation
- 4348 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
- 2,393
- Inventory number
- BH 11094 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of July 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 49.1 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- June 5, 2013: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
- February 1, 2012: HAER photos posted by Michael Goff
- May 10, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: corrected location added photos
Sources
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- HAER CA-84 - Tamarack Creek Bridge, Spanning Tamarack Creek on New Big Oak Flat Road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA