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Big Dann Creek Bridge

Mendocino County, California

Photos 

Big Dan Creek

Looking E from current alignment of Hwy 101

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2009

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BH Photo #145537

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Big Dann Creek on CA 271
Location
Mendocino County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1931
Builder
- Christian T. Gutleben
Design
Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 319.9 ft.
Total length: 585.0 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.84694, -123.69667   (decimal degrees)
39°50'49" N, 123°41'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/440399/4411001 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Leggett
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
150
Inventory numbers
CA 10-30 (California bridge number)
BH 11123 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 67.8 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Arch (12,686)
Built 1931 (977)
Built during 1930s (12,200)
CA 271 (3)
California (2,722)
Christian T. Gutleben (5)
Deck arch (11,921)
Have street view (29,303)
 Mendocino County, California (79)
NR-eligible (4,115)
Open (41,014)
Open-spandrel arch (809)
Owned by state (16,595)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,264)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,101)

Update Log 

  • June 24, 2013: Updated by Clark Vance: Corrected build date
  • June 24, 2013: New photo from Mike Lynch
  • September 10, 2011: New photos from Brian Smith
  • March 22, 2011: New photo from Michael Goff
  • July 5, 2010: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • March 30, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: added engineer name
  • August 21, 2009: New photos from Craig Philpott

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Brian Smith - casigns28 [at] outlook [dot] com
  • HAER CA-269 - Redwood National & State Parks Roads, California coast from Crescent City to Trinidad, Crescent City vicinity, Del Norte, CA
  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Mike Lynch - lynch3212 [at] wavecable [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Big Dann Creek Bridge
Posted May 8, 2019, by Stephanie van steen (Mustangboss1987 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Leslie i live right by the bridge. Would love to see some photos of it being built.

Big Dann Creek Bridge
Posted August 19, 2009, by Leslie Gutleben Hall (jaglady95 [at] gmail [dot] com)

My grandfather, Christian Theophil Gutleben built this and many bridges including the Cedar Creek Bridge, approaches to the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges and many others. I have old images of this bridge under construction. He was particurally fond of the arch bridges and would be happy to know that they are still standing.