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Freeman's Crossing Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Hig, North San Juan, Nevada County, CA
LocationSpanning Middle Fork of Yuba River at CA State Hig,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-131
Building/structure dates:
1921 initial construction
Part of building/structure is in Dobbins vicinity, Yuba County, CA.
Significance: Freeman's Crossing Bridge, also known as the Middle Yuba Bridge and determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is an excellent example of a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge built using poured-in-place concrete construction. It is also significant for its contribution to the modern development of a transportation link -- a statewide effort to link California county seats.
Related Names
Jarrington, H. E.
Fletcher, A. B.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. CONTEXTUAL OBLIQUE VIEW OF BRIDGE IN ITS SETTING, LOOKING SOUTH FROM UPSTREAM
2. CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF BRIDGE IN ITS SETTING, LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM DOWNSTREAM
3. CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF BRIDGE IN ITS SETTING, LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM UPSTREAM
4. DOWNSTREAM VIEW OF BRIDGE ELEVATION, LOOKING NORTHEAST
5. UPSTREAM VIEW OF BRIDGE ELEVATION, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
6. VIEW OF NORTHERN APPROACH TO BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
7. VIEW OF SOUTHERN APPROACH TO BRIDGE, LOOKING NORTHWEST
8. DETAIL VIEW OF APPROACH SPANS, COLUMNS AND ARCH ABUTMENT AT NORTH END OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM UPSTREAM
9. OBLIQUE DETAILED VIEW OF BRIDGE, SHOWING APPROACH SPANS, COLUMNS AND ARCH ABUTMENT AT NORTH END OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST FROM UPSTREAM
10. DETAIL VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF BRIDGE DECKING, COLUMNS AND ARCHES, LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM NORTH ABUTMENT
11. DETAIL VIEW OF CAPITALS AND CONCRETE BRACKETS, LOOKING SOUTH- SOUTHEAST
12. DETAIL VIEW OF UNDERSIDE OF ARCH SPAN, LOOKING NORTHWEST
13. DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTH PIER AND ABUTMENT, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
14. DETAIL VIEW OF SOUTH PIER AND CONNECTIONS, LOOKING EAST
15. DETAIL VIEW OF RAILING AT SOUTH END OF BRIDGE
16. PLAN AND ELEVATION (This sheet does not carry the drawing name as part of the title block) 17. 'CONCRETE DETAILS OF ARCH SPAN' 18. 'STEEL DETAILS OF ARCH SPAN' 19. 'DETAILS OF NORTH APPROACH' 20. 'DETAILS OF SOUTH APPROACH' 21. 'DETAILS OF FLOOR SYSTEM' 22. 'DETAILS OF ARCH ABUTMENTS' 23. 'DETAILS OF ABUTMENTS AND PEDESTALS' 24. 'FALSEWORK'
25. VIEW OF BRIDGE JUST BEFORE COMPLETION IN 1921, WITH SOME FALSEWORK STILL IN PLACE, LOOKING NORTH
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