This is a single suspension bridge from the Bridgemeister historical inventory of suspension bridges.

1917: Alderpoint

Alderpoint, California, USA - North Fork Eel River
Bridgemeister ID:2232 (added 2007-03-19)
Year Completed:1917
Name:Alderpoint
Location:Alderpoint, California, USA
Crossing:North Fork Eel River
Coordinates:40.173364 N 123.603832 W
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Use:Vehicular (one-lane)
Status:Demolished, November, 1972
Main Cables:Wire (steel)
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • The Sunday November 5, 1972 edition of The Times Standard (Eureka, California) has three photos of the bridge collapsing. The caption is "Old Alderpoint Bridge Crashes into River." It continues: "Cables, securing the old Alderpoint Bridge across the North Fork of the Eel River, were cut Friday to send the structure splashing to the feet of the new concrete span that is replacing it. The $1-million new bridge was dedicated Saturday. The old suspension bridge was constructed in 1917."
  • Coordinates are for the present-day (2021) bridge at this location. The suspension bridge was immediately adjacent.

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