Stockton Avenue Bridge – Capitola CA

Description

"Replacing an old bridge built of iron and wood, the thirty-foot-wide concrete bridge was built by a crew of fifteen Works Progress Administration (WPA) workers in approximately 150 days at a cost of $25,000. The bridge covers a span of 135 feet and consists of ninety yards of concrete and fifteen tons of steel. When it opened in May 1934, news reports noted its significance 'because it is a new connecting link with the new road which is to follow the old Union Traction Company right-of-way.' Following the catastrophic fire that burned a major portion of the village in 1933, the bridge was heralded as an important improvement that pointed the way toward better times in the Depression era."