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Item Title
Ahwahnee Bridge, Spanning Merced River on service road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA
LocationSpanning Merced River on service road,
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER CA-100
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N88).
Building/structure dates:
1927 initial construction
Significance: The only triple-arched masonry bridge in Yosemite Valley, the Ahwahnee Bridge is characteristic of the National Park Service's "rustic style" of architecture.
Subjects
Concrete Arch BridgesTransportationTourism
Related Names
Whittle, George D.
Rocca & Caletti
Bureau Of Public Roads
Hull, Daniel R.
Vint, Thomas C.
Morgan, Nathan W.
Grogan, Brian, Photographer
Grogan, Brian C., Photographer
Quin, Richard H., Historian
Fleming, David R., Delineator
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. LONG VIEW OF SOUTH FACE OF BRIDGE. IN LANDSCAPE FROM EAST BANK.
2. SOUTH FACE FROM WEST BANK.
3. PIER CONSTRUCTION DETAIL NORTH FACE.
4. FACING EAST ACROSS BRIDGE AT HALF DOME WITH BICYCLE PATH MARKERS IN FOREGROUND AND ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER FOR CAMPGROUND TO RIGHT.
5. CONSTRUCTION DETAIL, END OF WALL NW CORNER.
6. FACING WEST ACROSS BRIDGE AT NORTH SIDEWALK SHOWING EROSION IN PATH.
7. ARCHES DETAIL ON SOUTH FACE.
8. NORTH FACE OF BRIDGE.
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