Rocky Creek Bridge (California)
Rocky Creek Bridge is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge on the Big Sur coast of California, built in 1932. It is located in Monterey County, on the State Route 1 (Cabrillo Highway) about 12 miles (19 km) south of the city of Carmel, and about a mile north of the more famous Bixby Creek Bridge. As its name implies, it spans Rocky Creek. A turnout with limited parking space exists to the northwest of the bridge, for tourist use.
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 |
| Location | |
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.