Santa Clara County, California Bridges: Penitencia Creek Bridges

October 2007 (37.39500 Degrees, -121.82778 Degrees) Dorel Drive Bridge

At the intersection of Penitencia Creek Road and Dorel Drive are a couple of bridges. The Dorel Drive Bridge across Penitencia Creek (37C0753) is a single span concrete T girder bridge that was built in 1965 (see photo below).

The only unique aspects of this bridge are the stream gauge recording station and the graffiti on the abutments.

However, next to the county-owned bridge is a privately-owned covered bridge, which looks like an old building set on top of two abutments and a concrete pier wall. 

Among the unusual aspects of this bridge are the windows with flower boxes the very high skew, the many 'no trespassing' signs, and the fact that it's still standing.

Santa Clara County, California Bridges: Penitencia Creek Bridges by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.