Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Napa County, California Bridges: Chiles Pope Valley Road Bridge across North Branch of Chiles Creek

December 2013 (38.54974 Degrees, -122.35629 Degrees) Chiles Pope Valley Road Bridge
Continuing south down Pope Valley we came to a little bridge on Chiles Pope Valley Road. The stone arch sits on stone retaining walls giving it increased headroom. At one point the bridge was widened and so it is a half stone - half concrete arch bridge.
I noticed in Craig Philpott's photos from 2009 in the Bridgehunter Website that the concrete portion has a corrugated metal liner, which must have been used for formwork to cast the widening and then removed.
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  1. CraigJanuary 10, 2014 at 12:50 PM

    Love the tour of the bridges. Regarding the construction method of the concrete. It seems to me, based on old photos from other bridges that the concrete form would have been 2x6 timber forming the arch over the temporary structure rather then a corrugated metal form...this is my observation.

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