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The bridge was named for a large sugar pine that grew to the north of the eastern bridge abutment. [5] The Tenaya Creek Bridge (1928) spans Tenaya Creek with a single 56.75-foot (17.30 m) arch at a 25-degree skew on the Happy Isles-Mirror Lake Road. The bridge carries the standard roadway, bridle path and sidewalk. Cost was $37,749.16.
Pioneer Yosemite History Center 37°32′20″N 119°39′17″W / 37.538889°N 119.654722°W / 37.538889; -119.654722 ( Acting Superintendent's Headquarters Wawona
These floods had a flow rate of 22,000 to 25,000 cubic feet (620 to 700 m 3) per second, as measured at the Pohono Bridge gauging station in Yosemite Valley. [86] All the structures in Old Yosemite Village, except for the chapel, were either moved to the Pioneer Yosemite History center in Wawona or demolished during the 1950s and 1960s. [87]
Now we know the valley and surrounding area as Yosemite National Park – one of America’s most popular national parks, with 3,897,070 million visitors in 2023 – designated in 1890. You have ...
Yosemite Valley Road Merced River: Yosemite Village: Mariposa: CA-91: Bridalveil Fall Bridge No. 1 Extant Reinforced concrete closed-spandrel arch: 1913 1991 Carriage road Bridalveil Fall: Yosemite Village: Mariposa
Yosemite Valley is on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, 150 miles (240 km) east of San Francisco.It stretches for 7.5 miles (12.1 km) in a roughly east–west direction, with an average width of about 1 mile (1.6 km).
Pioneer Yosemite History Center; S. Sentinel Hotel (Yosemite Valley) Swinging Bridge; W. Wawona Tunnel; White Wolf (Yosemite) Y. Yosemite Lodge at the Falls; Yosemite ...
The Lodge served as the first visitors center in Yosemite Valley. Today, the Center is owned by the National Park Service and is operated by the Sierra Club as a conservation and natural history library, with a children's library and with exhibits on the Sierra Club and Yosemite National Park, and serves as a lecture hall providing evening ...