Calaveras County, California Bridges: Lime Creek Road Bridge across Youngs Creek

April 2013 (38.19278 Degree, -120.81000 Degree) Lime Creek Road Bridge

We've moved to the northwestern part of Calaveras County near the Town of Valley Springs and just north of New Hogan Lake to look at some older country bridges.

The Lime Creek Road Bridge across Youngs Creek was built in 1915 (98 years ago). It's a two span T girder bridge on a pier wall with cutwater ends. A fence placed on the outside of the bridge may be to prevent debris from accumulating on the deck. The bridge is composed of two, 27 ft long spans, it's on a 35 degree skew, and it has two, 10 ft wide vehicular lanes.

The bridge carries 100 vehicles a day with a 'good' deck, a 'poor' superstructure, and a 'fair' substructure for a sufficiency rating of 65.5 in 2010. For some reason the bridge received a sufficiency rating of 93.9 in 2000.

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