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TYPE
MATERIAL
LENGTH
(in feet)
CROSSES
USE
Architect, Engineer
1905 Quince Street
Quince St  
Trestle
Wood 236
Maple Canyon
Pedestrian
George d’Hemecourt
1912
Spruce Street
Spruce St Bridge 
 Suspension
Steel 375
Kate
Sessions Canyon
(aka Arroyo Canyon)
Pedestrian Edwin Capps
1914
Cabrillo
(Laurel Street)
Cabrillo Bridge
Roman Viaduct

Steel Reinforced
Concrete
405
Pound/Cabrillo Canyon
Historic Highway 163
Automotive
Frank P. Allen, Jr.
& Thomas B. Hunter
1914 Georgia Street
George St Bridge  
Parabolic Hinged-rib Arch
Steel Reinforced
Concrete

University Avenue
Automotive James Cromly
1916
Vermont Street
(Demolished 1979)
Vermont St Bridge, 1977
Trestle
Wood
Washington Street
Pedestrian
1931
First Avenue
“Peoples Bridge”
First Ave Bridge  
Hinged Truss Arch
Steel 463.26
Maple Canyon
Automotive Allen & Rowe
1940 Washington Street Washington St Bridge Box Girder Steel Reinforced
Concrete
423 Sixth Avenue Extension
(University Avenue
off-ramp from
Highway 163)
Automotive
1942 Robinson
Avenue
Robinson Avenue Bridge

Steel Reinforced
Concrete

Cabrillo
Freeway
Automotive
1946 Upas Street Upas Horse Bridge

Steel Reinforced
Concrete

Cabrillo Freeway
Bridle Path
Pedestrian

1947
Washington Avenue
Washington St Bridge 1947
Box Girder
Steel Reinforced
Concrete

Cabrillo
Freeway
Automotive

1995
Vermont Street
Vermont St bridge

Steel

Washington Street Pedestrian


2002



Boy Scout Troop #695

Wood
12
Seasonal
creek
through Cypress Canyon
Pedestrian

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