Sentinel Bridge, Spanning Merced River on Sentinel Bridge Crossover Road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA
Summary
part of Yosemite National Park Roads and Bridges Recording Project, 1991; see HAER No. CA-117 for overview
Significance: Sentinel Bridge is the oldest surviving Merced River bridge in Yosemite National Park; it originally carried the main traffic load over the river at the site of the Old Yosemite Village, once the center of activity in the Valley.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N82
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N829
Survey number: HAER CA-94
Building/structure dates: 1918- 1919 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1993 Demolished
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Gutleben Brothers
Hite, Gustavus Adolphus
Hutchings, James Mason
Forsyth, William W
Lewis, Washington B
Olmsted, Frederick Law
Campbell, Jack
Adams, Ansel
Quin, Richard H, transmitter
Croteau, Todd, field team project manager
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Location
Yosemite Village, 37.74273, -119.59870
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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