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An aerial view of the Bixby Bridge showing the curved approaches at both ends. Over 300,000 board feet (700 m 3) of Douglas fir timber, used to build a 250-foot (76 m) high falsework to support the arch during construction, was transported from the railroad terminal in Monterey over the narrow, one-way road to the bridge site. The falsework ...
Bixby Creek is a west flowing stream in Monterey County the U.S. state of California. [1] The stream is crossed by the Bixby Creek Bridge of California State Route 1 prior to entering the Pacific Ocean .
Road construction necessitated construction of 29 bridges, the most difficult of which was the bridge over Bixby Creek, about 13 miles (21 km) south of Carmel. Upon completion, the Bixby Creek Bridge was 714 feet (218 m) long, 24 feet (7.3 m) wide, 260 feet (79 m) above the creek bed below, and had a main span of 360 feet (110 m). [41]
Bixby Creek Bridge, shown here looking southwest, is a popular attraction in Big Sur. Bixby Creek Bridge at night Besides sightseeing from the highway, Big Sur offers hiking and outdoor activities. There are a large number of state and federal lands and parks, including McWay Falls at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park , one of only two waterfalls ...
Watch live aerial views of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, after it collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday morning (26 March). A container ship crashed into the structure at ...
It is carved into the cliffs that rise from the Pacific, and is breathtaking (and scary at certain points). One of the most (1 in a multiple picture set) places is where it crosses the bridge over Bixby Creek. This picture is taken south of the bridge in the early morning. Crossing Bixby Creek Bridge can cause some to hold their breath.
Bixby Creek (Michigan) Bixby Creek Bridge, bridge in California; See also. Bixby (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 16 June 2017, at 05:21 (UTC). Text is ...
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