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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Gault Bridge Looking North on West face Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2010 |
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Gault Bridge Looking West. This bridge is difficult to approach due to private property on all approaches except on the road bed. Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2010 |
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Gault Bridge Looking South Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2010 |
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Gault Bridge Plaque on South end of bridge Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2010 |
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Gault Bridge Plaque on North end of bridge Photo taken by Craig Philpott in August 2010 |
Description
The Gault Bridge is the oldest three-hinge, steel arch bridge in California, and a rare, surviving example of this type of bridge construction. Designed by the American Bridge Company, the Gault Bridge was erected in 1903 by Clark and Henery, a Stockton, California contracting firm.Facts
- Overview
- Steel arch bridge over Deer Creek on South Pine Street in Nevada City
- Location
- Nevada County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1903, reconditioned 1996
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York (Design)
- Clark and Henery (Contractor)
- Design
- The Gault Bridge is the oldest three-hinge, steel arch bridge in California, and a rare, surviving example of this type of bridge construction. Designed by the American Bridge Company, the Gault Bridge was erected in 1903 by Clark and Henery, a Stockton, California contracting firm. Library of Congress
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 299.9 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
- Also called
- Pine Street Bridge
Deer Creek Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.26000, -121.01889 (decimal degrees)
39°15'36" N, 121°01'08" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/670925/4347500 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Nevada City
- Inventory numbers
- CA 17C-1 (California bridge number)
BH 11224 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2008)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 77.6 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
- 3,500
Update Log
- August 8, 2010: New photos from Craig Philpott
- May 12, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Corrected construction date, added design
- March 27, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
- March 16, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added street view
Sources
- HAER CA-158 - Gault Bridge
- Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu
- Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net