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Bridalveil Fall Bridge No. 2, Spanning Bridalveil Creek on carriage road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

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Bridalveil Fall Bridge No. 2, Spanning Bridalveil Creek on carriage road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

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Summary

part of Yosemite National Park Roads and Bridges Recording Project, 1991; see HAER No. CA-117 for overview
Significance: The three Bridalveil Fall bridges are the only surviving road bridges in the park dating to the administration by the U.S. Cavalry from 1890-1914. They also represent the first use of reinforced concrete in bridge construction in the park.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N80
Survey number: HAER CA-92
Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Parlier, Oscar
Croteau, Todd, field team project manager
Finley, Michael, sponsor
Cann, Kevin, sponsor
Gingles, John, sponsor
Quin, Richard H, transmitter
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Location

Yosemite Village37.74273, -119.59870
Google Map of 37.7427271, -119.5986971
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Source

Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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