Rocky Creek Bridge (California)
| Rocky Creek Bridge | |
|---|---|
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| Coordinates | 36°22′46″N 121°54′08″W / 36.37944°N 121.90222°WCoordinates: 36°22′46″N 121°54′08″W / 36.37944°N 121.90222°W |
| Carries |
 SR 1 |
| Crosses | Rocky Creek |
| Locale |
Big Sur Monterey County |
| Maintained by | Caltrans |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | open-spandrel deck arch bridge |
| Material | reinforced concrete |
| Total length | 497.1 feet (151.5 m) |
| Longest span | 239 feet (73 m) |
| History | |
| Construction end | 1932 |
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Rocky Creek Bridge is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge in California, built in 1932. It is located in Monterey County a few miles south of Carmel-by-the-Sea and just north of the more famous Bixby Creek Bridge on the Pacific Coast Highway. As its name implies, it spans the Rocky Creek. A turnout with limited parking space exists to the northwest of the bridge, for tourist use.
The vicinity ecology is noteworthy in that the marine waters at the mouth of Rocky Creek are a habitat for the endangered southern sea otter, E. l. nereis. Additionally, on a ridge above Rocky Creek is one of the few known habitats of Yadon's piperia, a North American rare and endangered species of orchid.
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