- City:
- Porterville, CA
- Site Type:
- Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Public Works Funding, Work Relief Programs, Bureau of Public Roads (BPR)
- Completed:
- 1941
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
This concrete bridge across Porter Slough was built under the New Deal by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). A 1941 date stamp is clearly visible (see photograph).
The bridge is a 4-span concrete Tee-beam bridge. The span length is 29.9 feet and the total length is 68.9 feet.
There is another New Deal bridge across Porter Slough at Leggett Ave., built in 1937, also likely by the WPA.
Source notes
Scrapbooks of clippings related to WPA projects in Fresno, Kern, King, Madera, and Tulare Counties, gift of Mrs. David T. Holmes, Vacaville, 1962. (Scrapbook can be found in the California State Library in Sacramento).
https://bridgereports.com/city/porterville-california/
Site originally submitted by Gray Brechin on July 21, 2011.
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