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Chili Bar Bridge, Spanning South Fork of American River at State Hig, Placerville, El Dorado County, CA
LocationSpanning South Fork of American River at State Hig,
Placerville vicinity, CA
Find maps of Placerville, CA
Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-137
Building/structure dates:
1922 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1953 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1980 subsequent work
Significance: The Chili Bar Bridge, determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, is a major work of a significant designer. John B. Leonard was a pioneering proponent of the use of reinforced concrete in California. He designed many of the earliest reinforced concrete arch bridges in the state.
Related Names
Leonard, John B.
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. CONTEXTUAL AERIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE IN SETTING, LOOKING WEST-NORTHWEST FROM UPSTREAM
2. CONTEXTUAL AERIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE IN SETTING, LOOKING NORTH-NORTHEAST
3. CONTEXTUAL AERIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE IN SETTING, LOOKING EAST-SOUTHEAST FROM DOWNSTREAM
4. CONTEXTUAL AERIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE IN SETTING, LOOKING SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
5. CONTEXTUAL AERIAL VIEW OF BRIDGE IN SETTING, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
6. CONTEXTUAL VIEW OF BRIDGE IN SETTING, LOOKING NORTHWEST OF UPSTREAM SIDE FROM CHILI BAR SLATE MINE QUARRY
7. CONTEXTUAL VIEW SHOWING UPSTREAM SIDE OF BRIDGE IN SETTING, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
8. VIEW OF UPSTREAM ELEVATION, LOOKING WEST-NORTHWEST
9. VIEW OF UPSTREAM ELEVATION, LOOKING WEST-NORTHWEST
10. OBLIQUE VIEW OF UPSTREAM ELEVATION, LOOKING NORTH
11. VIEW OF DOWNSTREAM ELEVATION, LOOKING EAST-SOUTHEAST
12. VIEW OF DOWNSTREAM ELEVATION, LOOKING SOUTHEAST. PIER OF OLD BRIDGE IS IN FOREGROUND
13. OBLIQUE VIEW OF DOWNSTREAM ELEVATION, LOOKING SOUTH
14. VIEW OF NORTH APPROACH, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
15. VIEW OF SOUTH APPROACH, LOOKING NORTHEAST
16. OBLIQUE VIEW OF UNDERSTRUCTURE, SHOWING NORTH PIER, ARCH RIBS, COLUMNS, AND SWAY BRACING, LOOKING SOUTH
17. VIEW OF UNDERSTRUCTURE, SWAY BRACING IN FOREGROUND, COLUMNS, AND DECK SOFFIT, LOOKING NORTHEAST TO NORTH ABUTMENT
18. VIEW OF UNDERSTRUCTURE, SHOWING ARCH RIBS, COLUMNS, AND SWAY BRACING, LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM NORTH ABUTMENT
19. DETAIL VIEW SHOWING POINT OF CONNECTION OF SWAY BRACING TO UPSTREAM ARCH RIB AT SPRING POINT FROM SOUTH ABUTMENT, LOOKING EAST-NORTHEAST. NOTE CRACK VISIBLE NEAR TOP OF SWAY BRACING AT LEFT CENTER, PROBABLY DUE TO RUST JACKING OF REINFORCING STEEL
20. DETAIL VIEW OF DECK SOFFIT AND EXPANSION JOINT, LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM NORTH ABUTMENT
21. PROFILE AND PLAN. February 4, 1922
22. SECTIONS AND PLANS OF NORTH AND SOUTH APPROACHES. February 4, 1922
23. DETAILS, INCLUDING PIER PLAN AND SECTION AND PLACEMENT OF REINFORCING STEEL, DETAIL OF RAILING, FLOOR SYSTEM REINFORCEMENT. February 4, 1922
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