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Big Creek Bridge – Big Sur CA

A concrete bridge on former State Route 56 (now State Route 1, the Cabrillo Highway) built with federal funds to the tune of $90,000. A date stamp at each end says 1938.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
Agency: Unknown

Burns Creek Bridge – Big Sur CA

$75,000 in federal funds constructed this steel and concrete bridge over Burns Creek on former State Route 56, now State Route 1 (Cabrillo Highway) in Big Sur, California, near the location of the famous Esalen Institute.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
Agency: Unknown

Limekiln Creek Bridge – Big Sur CA

A concrete arch bridge built on former State Route 56 (today State Route 1 the Cabrillo Highway) under a federal grant of $40,000.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
Agency: Unknown

Roosevelt Highway – Big Sur CA

One-and-a-half miles of the Roosevelt Highway (today Cabrillo Highway) between Molera’s Ranch and Big Sur were constructed with a 24-foot-wide road financed by the National Industrial Recovery Act (N.I.R.A.). Start date: Jan. 1934; completion date: Jun. 1934.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
Agency: National Recovery Administration (NRA), Public Works Funding

Vicente Creek Bridge – Big Sur CA

A concrete bridge built on former State Route 56 (today State Route 1 the Cabrillo Highway) under a federal grant of $48,000.

Project type: Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
Agency: Unknown

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