Dunno if I commented last time you posted those bridge shots, but the shot
looking out towards the ocean is great.
...Wayne
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> On 2/11/2021 3:24 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> > Is it even stable enough to support a bridge?
>
> It's not large enough to require a bridge. Long sections of Hwy 1 are in
> extremely rugged terrain. Landslides and washouts are common. Many far
> larger and in more difficult locations than this one. CalTrans has a
number of
> solutions, some really impressive. They finally tunneled through a
mountain
> to bypass Devil's Slide.
>
> In creating the highway, they built the famous Bixby Bridge.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixby_Creek_Bridge>
>
> Many clones have been built since. Here's the one at Russian Gulch, just
> above Mendocino, from below/behind.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California
> /Marin%2C_Sonoma%2C_Mendocino_Coast/Mendocino&image=_1000431c
> orcroofm.jpg>
>
> And from the ocean side.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=California
> /Marin%2C_Sonoma%2C_Mendocino_Coast/Mendocino&image=_B006943
> %20-%20_B006948_Huginoofm.jpg>
>
> Here, I wouldn't be surprised if they mostly just cut away more hillside
and
> relocate inland a ways. they also have techniques for building out over
> unstable areas for the outside of the pavement.
>
> I suspect from reading that this one was a result of inadequate
maintenance
> and clearing of culverts. Anyway, in context, it's pretty minor
mechanically
> and with minimal impact on residents and businesses, because of location.
>
> Building Bridges Moose
>
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