What bridge is located in Big Sur, California?

Bixby Creek Bridge, also known as Bixby Bridge, is a reinforced concrete open spandrel arch bridge in Big Sur, California. The bridge is located 120 miles (190 km) south of San Francisco and 13 miles (21 km) south of Carmel in Monterey County along State Route 1.

Today, the Bixby Creek Bridge is known for being very photogenic, but when it was opened in 1932, it represented a lot more to the community of Big Sur. Until the bridge was opened, the folks of Big Sur spent their winters virtually cut off from the rest of the world. The Old Coast Road in the area was pretty much impassable in bad weather.

This bridge (Bixby Creek Bridge), one of the tallest single-span concrete bridges in the world, connected Big Sur to everyone else on the planet, just as the popularity of using an automobile was taking off.

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filmnut

I’m a native of California, I visited Big Sur & Yosemite with my Parents in 1955. Dad took 15 days leave from Travis AFB. He was home from the Korean War. We had gotten our New Buick Station Wagon. It was a “Special”. It had a “Trailer Package”. It was a wonderful vacation. He had been flying B-29s up again Communist MiG-15s. Big Sur would server as a focal pint in my Life. In 1984 - 1987 I would live and work at Nepenthe, in Monterey and Carmel after my Motorcycle Accident in Palm Springs in 1984. It was a major turning point in my Life.

james parrillo

Charles Pruitt, That is unfortunate. Christine, James' wife

james parrillo

jshehan, I am so glad you found this question simple. I tried to rule out the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, although it could have been named that. Then, I picked the correct choice from the other three. I had no idea about this bridge until now. Thank you, Christine, James' wife

JRW

jshehan, 7 yo for some!

Chris Brown

Not a clue. I have never visited California.

Bob Fowler

The picture depicts Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, England.

earlepg

Karen W, Correct. Less than a mile apart.

earlepg

Daniel Hutton, You are correct. The bridges are less than a mile apart.

earlepg

Although I haven't travelled extensively outside of California, I have travelled throughout the state extensively since I was a kid. First, the Sunshine Skyway bridge is in Florida, not California. The Dinkey Creek bridge isn't near Big Sur; it is the Sierra-Nevada mountains, Sierra National Forest in Fresno county a few miles east of Fresno. I was 13 years old when my parents took us kids with them to a cabin for a week at Huntington Lake. We were treated to a couple of songs by The Everly Brothers shortly before they hit the radio. Unfortunately, both Rocky Creek bridge and Bixby Creek bridge are near Big Sur, Califonia. The Bixby Creek bridge ia about 10 miles north of Big Sur on Californoa Highway 1. Rocky Creek bridge is about a half mile north of the Bixby Creek bridge, also on Highway 1.