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AKA: Alameda County, Department of Public Works, Bridge No. 33C-204, Castro Valley, CA; Alameda County, Public Works Agency, Crow Creek Bridge, Castro Valley, CA
Structure Type: built works - infrastructure - transportation structures - bridges
Designers: [unspecified]
Dates: constructed 1913
Building History
The Crow Creek Bridge was listed on the Historic American Engineering Record, and a reviewer for this publication said of it: “The Crow Creek Bridge is significant in the area of engineering at the local level. It is the only known barrel-arch, open spandrel bridge in Alameda County, and represents a reinforced concrete bridge design that is transitional between the filled spandrel and the open spandrel types.” (See Monica Hawley, Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), Library of Congress.gov, “Crow Creek Bridge, Grove Way, Castro Valley, Alameda County, CA, HAER No. CA-19,” published 1963, accessed 05/06/2024.)
Building Notes
The Crow Creek Bridge was listed on the HAER CA-19.
Demolition
The Crow Creek Bridge was removed and widened to accommodate four lanes of traffic.
PCAD id: 25201