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Title
Bixby Bridge Big Sur - 2
Artist
Christina Ford
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Bixby Bridge Big SurBixby Creek Bridge, also known as Bixby Canyon Bridge, on the Big Sur coast of California, is one of the most photographed bridges in California due to its aesthetic design, "graceful architecture and magnificent setting". It is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge. The bridge is 120 miles south of San Francisco and 13 miles south of Carmel in Monterey County along State Route 1. Before the opening of the bridge in 1932, residents of the Big Sur area were virtually cut off during winter due to blockages on the often impassable Old Coast Road, which led 11 miles (18 km) inland. The bridge was built under budget for $199,861 (equivalent to $3.07 million in 2018 dollars) and, at 360 feet (110 m), was the longest concrete arch span on the California State Highway System. It is one of the tallest single-span concrete bridges in the world. The land north and south of the bridge was privately owned until 1988 and 2001. A logging company obtained approval to harvest redwood on the former Bixby Ranch to the north in 1986, and in 2000 a developer obtained approval to subdivide the former Brazil Ranch to the south. Local residents and conservationists fought their plans, and both pieces of land were eventually acquired by local and federal government agencies. After a $20 million seismic retrofit completed in 1996, the bridge remains functionally obsolete. Its 24-foot (7.3 m) width does not meet modern standards requiring bridges to be 32 feet (9.8 m) wide.
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Featured in the following FAA Groups:
Water Forms 7/13/20
Just Perfect 3/17/20
Off the Beaten Path 7/13/20
Beach Moment 3/13/20
Bedroom Art Gallery 7/18/20
Images That Excite You 7/13/20
FAA Gallery Home for Artists who Create 7/16/20
Daily Promotion 7/1320
World Landscape Lovers 7/15/20
Fine Art America Based Masters Advocacy 5/13/20
The Space Between Us 7/13/20
The Top 50 Features 7/13/20
The Space Between Us 7/13/20
Digital Art and Photography 7/18/20
No Place Like Home 7/25/20
Top Finisher in FAA Sponsored Contests:
Where I want to Go When Covid19 is Gone 3/20
Great States 6/20
TGFA Series Extraordinary Beauty 7/20
Scenery 9/20
See the USA - Color Photography Only 10/21
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July 12th, 2020
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