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Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge

Coordinates : 34°31′33.81″N 119°50′4.53″W  /  34.5260583°N 119.8345917°W  / 34.5260583; -119.8345917
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Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge
Coordinates 34°31′33.81″N 119°50′4.53″W  /  34.5260583°N 119.8345917°W  / 34.5260583; -119.8345917
Carries 2 lanes of SR 154
Crosses Cold Spring Canyon
Locale Santa Ynez Mountains ,
Santa Barbara County, California
Maintained by Caltrans
Characteristics
Design steel arch
Total length 1,217 ft (371 m) [1]
Longest span 700 ft (213 m) [1] [2]
Clearance below 400 ft (122 m) [1] [2]
History
Construction cost Over $2,000,000 [1]
Opened 1964
Location
Map

The Cold Spring Canyon Arch Bridge in the Santa Ynez Mountains links Santa Barbara, California with Santa Ynez, California . The bridge is signed as part of State Route 154 .

It is currently the highest arch bridge in the U.S. state of California and among the highest bridges in the United States . At its highest point, the bridge deck is 400 ft (122 m) above the canyon floor. [1] [2] The bridge is also the largest steel arch bridge in the state. [3] It was determined to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places with exceptional significance. [3]

History [ edit ]

The current bridge was completed and opened to traffic in February 1964. [4] It was constructed by U.S Steel Corp's American Bridge division and Massman Construction Co. [3] The structure won awards for engineering, design, and beauty. It was in the top 5 longest span arch bridges of this "supported deck" type in the world until the 1990s.

Cold Spring Tavern , originally a stagecoach stop, is approximately 600m south of the bridge's west base in the canyon below, on a stub of Old San Marcos Pass Road (now named Stagecoach Rd.) connecting with SR 154 at Camino Cielo and Paradise Roads.

The bridge was designated as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1976. [5]

Seismic retrofitting was completed in 1998 by American Bridge , one of the companies involved in the original construction. [3]

Barriers [ edit ]

As of March 2012 , the bridge had been the site of 55 suicides [ citation needed ] since its completion, which is about one per year on average; however, some years have several more suicides, such as the eight deaths recorded in 2009. In an effort to prevent future incidents, California Department of Transportation installed a 9.5 ft (2.9 m) tall barrier in the form of an inwardly-curved, finely-gridded mesh fence in March 2012. [6] The fence cost $3.2 million. [7] A Santa Monica man committed suicide from the bridge six months later in September 2012. [7] The most recent suicide was in April 2019; Daniel Lacy was the son of actress Julia Duffy . [8]

Gallery [ edit ]

See also [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c d e Lansing Duncan (March 31, 2011), A historic view of the 'Steel Shortcut' bridge , Santa Ynez Valley News, archived from the original on December 20, 2016 , retrieved December 20, 2016
  2. ^ a b c Sakowski, Eric (June 3, 2016). "Cold Spring Canyon Bridge" . highestbridges.com . Archived from the original on December 20, 2016 . Retrieved December 20, 2016 .
  3. ^ a b c d Gagnoli, Giana (May 2, 2010). "Cold Spring Canyon Bridge: By the Engineering Numbers" . Noozhawk . Retrieved June 6, 2020 .
  4. ^ "Cold Spring Canyon Bridge, State Route (SR) 154 from Post Mile (PM) 22.95 to 23.19, just north of the San Marcos Pass, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, CA" . Library of Congress . Retrieved 2020-06-08 .
  5. ^ "Bridge tamed a treacherous detour" . Lompoc Record . June 19, 2012 . Retrieved March 6, 2021 .
  6. ^ Magnoli, Giana (March 1, 2012). "Caltrans Completes Suicide Barrier on Cold Spring Canyon Bridge" . Noozhawk . Retrieved February 6, 2022 .
  7. ^ a b Bolton, Tom (September 8, 2012). "Despite Barrier, Cold Spring Bridge Claims New Victim" . Noozhawk . Retrieved January 22, 2017 .
  8. ^ Bolton, Tom (April 8, 2019). "Authorities Release Name of Man Who Jumped from Cold Spring Bridge" . Noozhawk . Retrieved February 6, 2022 .

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