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Salinas River Bridge, Spanning Salinas River on Chualar River Road, Chualar, Monterey County, CA
LocationSpanning Salinas River on Chualar River Road,
Chualar vicinity, CA
Find maps of Chualar, CA
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-70
Building/structure dates:
1915 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1940
Significance: The Salinas River Bridge on Chualar River Road is an eight-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss bridge. As such, it is the largest multiple-span through truss bridge, particularly of its period of initial construction, in the central coast area of California. With a high degree of integrity, and representing a type, period, and method of construction, the Salinas River Bridge has been determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, meeting Criterion C at the local level of significance.
Related Names
Mesmer & Rice
American Bridge Company
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. OBLIQUE VIEW OF UPSTREAM SIDE AND EAST END OF BRIDGE, SHOWING THE BRIDGE IN ITS SETTING, LOOKING WEST (135mm lens)
2. VIEW ALONG CENTERLINE OF BRIDGE, SHOWING EAST PORTAL, LOOKING WEST-SOUTHWEST (135mm lens)
3. OBLIQUE VIEW OF DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF BRIDGE AND EAST TRESTLE APPROACH SPANS, LOOKING SOUTHWEST (135mm lens)
4. OBLIQUE VIEW OF UPSTREAM SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST (90mm lens)
5. OBLIQUE VIEW OF UPSTREAM SIDE OF BRIDGE AND WEST PORTAL, LOOKING NORTHEAST (135mm lens)
6. VIEW ALONG CENTERLINE OF BRIDGE, SHOWING WEST PORTAL, LOOKING EAST-NORTHEAST (210mm lens)
7. OBLIQUE VIEW OF DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST (65mm lens)
8. OBLIQUE VIEW OF DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING EAST-SOUTHEAST (65mm lens)
9. OBLIQUE VIEW OF DOWNSTREAM SIDE, SHOWING BRIDGE IN ITS SETTING (21Omm lens)
10. DETAIL VIEW OF BRIDGE, SHOWING UPSTREAM ELEVATION OF TYPICAL SPAN (SPAN 2, NUMBERING FROM EAST TO WEST) (135mm lens)
11. DETAIL VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF TYPICAL SPAN (SPAN 7) (135mm lens)
12. DETAIL VIEW OF TYPICAL PIER, ENDPOSTS, AND BEARINGS (SPAN 3 [right] AND SPAN 4 [left], LOOKING NORTHWEST (135mm lens)
13. DETAIL VIEW OF TYPICAL LOWER CHORD CONNECTION (SPAN 3), LOOKING NORTH (135mm lens)
14. DETAIL VIEW OF TYPICAL TOP CHORD CONNECTION (SPAN 8), LOOKING NORTH (210mm lens)
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