Durgan Bridge – Downieville CA

City:
Downieville, CA

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agency:
Unknown

Completed:
1938

Contractor:
Judson Pacific Co. of San Francisco

Description

Federal efforts provided $35,000 for the construction of the bridge and approaches to the Durgan bridge, a pratt through truss bridge over the North Fork of the Yuba River on Nevada Street in the former mining town of Downieville. The project was launched as part of a group of federally funded infrastructure projects in 1935 but it was not built until 1938.

Source notes

January 1935 issue of California Highway and Public Works magazine

https://bridgehunter.com/ca/sierra/13C0006/

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on November 18, 2014.

Location Info


Nevada St.
Downieville, CA 95910
Sierra County

Coordinates: 39.559656, -120.829360

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