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San Diego–Coronado Bridge; Spruce Street Suspension Bridge This page was last edited on 10 October 2023, at 11:05 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
San Diego–Coronado Bridge; Sweetwater River Bridge; T. Trestles Bridge This page was last edited on 9 November 2017, at 04:15 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The Spruce Street Suspension Bridge, colloquially known as the Wiggly Bridge, is a historic 375 ft (114 m) long footbridge in the Bankers Hill neighborhood of San Diego, California. It was built in 1912 by Edwin M. Capps. It can hold a maximum of 327,900 lb (148,700 kg) and crosses Kate Sessions Canyon. [2]
The Georgia Street Bridge in San Diego, California, was constructed in 1907 to carry traffic, after a streetcar line was cut through a ridge where Georgia Street stood. [citation needed] In 1914, a Romanesque spandrel arch with Mission Revival styling made of reinforced concrete and designed by J.R. Comly was built there. [1]
The bridge is 550 feet (170 m) long, which makes it one of the longest self-anchored suspension bridges in the world. [3] The span measures 350 feet (110 m) while the remainder is approaches. [5] The bridge is suspended from a single 131-foot-tall (40 m) pylon set into the ground at a 60-degree angle.
That bridge was subsequently replaced in 1981, when I-15 was built to supersede US 395. The current bridge is a concrete viaduct. It was widened and replaced in 2006-2009 as part of a project to add managed lanes in the I-15 corridor. As a traffic bottleneck, the bridge is vulnerable to traffic jams in North San Diego County. The nature of the ...
The Pine Valley Creek Bridge, officially named the Nello Irwin Greer Memorial Bridge, is a reinforced concrete box girder bridge in San Diego County, California near the town of Pine Valley. The bridge was built in 1974 as part of the Interstate 8 (I-8) freeway system. At the time of its construction, it was the first bridge constructed in the ...
Low aerial view of Cabrillo Bridge and San Diego Museum of Us. In 2014, the bridge was closed to pedestrian and vehicle traffic to repave the road, fix sidewalks, add lights, and improve its stability during earthquakes. [7] In June, after six months of work the planned deck renovations were completed and the bridge was re-opened for traffic. [7]