Santa Cruz County, California Bridges: State Route 9 Highway Bridge and SCBG Railway Bridge across Rincon Gulch

March 2014 (37.00556, -122.04500) Rincon Gulch Bridges

A concrete T girder highway bridge and a timber trestle railway bridge were built side by side across Rincon Gulch in Big Trees State Park. 

The Rincon Gulch Highway Bridge (36 0037) carries State Route 9 on a three span T girder superstructure with two column bents that were built in 1930 and retrofitted with infill walls in 1996.

The timber trestle bridge includes a steel girder span over a dirt road that rests on a steel tower pier to help support the near side. 

Santa Cruz County, California Bridges: State Route 9 Highway Bridge and SCBG Railway Bridge across Rincon Gulch by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.