Salinas River Bridge, Spanning Salinas River on Chualar River Road, Chualar, Monterey County, CA

Significance: The Salinas River Bridge on Chualar River Road is an eight-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss bridge. As such, it is the largest multiple-span through truss bridge, particularly of its period of initial construction, in the central coast area of California. With a high degree of integrity, and representing a type, period, and method of construction, the Salinas River Bridge has been determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places, meeting Criterion C at the local level of significance.
Survey number: HAER CA-70
Building/structure dates: 1914- 1915 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1940 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: ca. 1990 Demolished