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Jersey Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over Downie River on CA 49
- Location
- Downieville, Sierra County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1938; rehabilitated 1992
- Builder
- - Judson-Pacific Co. of San Francisco, California (Builder)
- Design
- Polygonal Warren pony truss with all verticals
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 120.1 ft.
Total length: 142.1 ft.
Deck width: 12.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 2012
- Also called
- Downie River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.55991, -120.82789 (decimal degrees)
39°33'36" N, 120°49'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/686603/4381167 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Downieville
- Elevation
- 2885 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 1,175
- Inventory numbers
- CA 13-5 (California bridge number)
NRHP 12000401 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 11554 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of June 2018)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 49.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 20, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Riveted"
- August 8, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: added builder data and photos
- March 16, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: updated design, corrected GPS data and streetview
Sources
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
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This is a very picturesque bridge over the Downie River where it joins the North Yuba River. For more on Downieville where this bridge is located go to: http://www.sierramayhemjeeptours.com/downieville.html