Russian Gulch Bridge Wood Print

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The Russian Gulch Bridge, by Shirley Mangini

The Frederick W. Panhorst Bridge, known as the Russian Gulch Bridge, is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel style arch bridge on California State Highway 1, spanning Russian Gulch Creek in Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino, California
The bridge was designed by Henry E. Kuphal. It is similar to the more famous Bixby Creek Bridge several hundred miles south on the same highway, but in contrast to the Bixby Creek Bridge, its arch is supported only by the two rocky headlands on either side without need for buttresses. The Russian Gulch Bridge was constructed at the expense of $109,000 from 1939 to 1940, and it was dedicated by governor Culbert Olson on June 9, 1940. Its main span is 73.2 meters long, and its total length is 160.6 meters; it carries an average of 10,500 vehicles per day. In 1996–1998, the Russian Gulch Bridge and eleven other Mendocino County bridges underwent seismic retrofitting, at a total cost of 9.7 millio...

We enjoy traveling a great deal and always have a camera or two where ever we may wander. At home Shirley enjoys her garden, cooking and turning photographs into art. Steve is an avid woodworker and had furnished our home with his beautiful works.