Twilight along Stevenson Bridge

Posted by Stephen Phillips (San Francisco, United States) on 5 November 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.

Our last look (for now) at this concrete double-arch span across Putah Creek in the southern Sacramento Valley. Solano County, California.

On Sunday - Mike from the UK was asking about the location of our graffiti scrawled bridge. You can see a larger view of this image along with a map link here:
http://www.pbase.com/image/118937956

And, hey - a Google search came up with the following facts on this span:

Overview
Rainbow arch bridge over Putah Creek on Stevenson Br Road
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1923
Design
Concrete through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 107.9 ft.
Total length: 297.9 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.1 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Stevenson Bridge Road bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.53694, -121.85083 (decimal degrees)
38°32'13" N, 121°51'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/600155/4266018 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
90 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Merritt, CA
Inventory numbers
CA 23C-92 (California bridge number)
BH 11595 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2007)
Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 45.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1993)
900

A few more captures taken during the twilight into dusk on this very same evening follows...

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