Nevada County, California's Bridges: Washington Road Bridge across the South Yuba River

December 2012 (39.3605 Degrees, -120.7946 Degrees) Washington Road Bridge

Driving back from the Maybert Bridge we crossed over this two-span bridge with a round soffit just before the town of Washington. The soffit was so wet and covered with moss, that I thought they must have purposely made it round to reduce drag when the South Yuba River overflows it's banks.

The Washington Road Bridge (17C0056) is a two span 237.9 ft long RC box girder bridge built in 1971. The bridge is in pretty good condition (sufficiency rating of 81 out of 100) but it's in danger of flooding due to the river overflowing or changing it's banks. Bridge crews must frequently add riprap around the pier and abutments to protect the foundations.

Nevada County, California's Bridges: Washington Road Bridge across the South Yuba River by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.