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Traditional Cache Main Street Bridge 1910
A  cache by GeoCraig       Hidden: 12/2/2008  
Size: Size: Micro (Micro)      Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5      Terrain: 1.5 out of 5 (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)

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In California, United States

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Main Street Bridge

 

Built in 1910, the Main Street Bridge is the shortest of all the Los Angeles River bridges at just 280 feet.  This reinforced concrete arch bridge exhibits character-defining features of Beaux-Arts bridge design. Located on North Main Street as it crosses the Los Angeles River between Lincoln Heights and Downtown Los Angeles, the bridge rests on two vertical piers in an open spandrel arch forming three arch spans. The arches exhibit arch keystones at their center as well as denticulation on the upper portion of the piers. The deck of the bridge has a modernized concrete rail of stamped arched forms.

The bridge is the earliest of the monumental bridges built across the Los Angeles River, and one of only two dating to the first decade of the 20th century. When constructed in 1910, the Main Street Bridge was the only reinforced concrete 3-hinged bridge west of the Mississippi River. 

Please visit the other caches in the Los Angeles River Bridge series:

Washington Blvd Bridge 1931

Others will show here after they are moved to comply with gc.com guidelines.


Additional Hints ( Decrypt ) 

Decryption Key
A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z
(letter above equals below,
and vice versa)

svsgucbfg (Decrypted Hints)




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Cache Logs
 November 19 by jean001 (891 found)
Always fun to walk around here. . . Though I must say I really liked the Workman's Comp. Doctors that were here years ago - - - no! I'm serious, I loved the guy - he was so much nicer than my doctor!!! Oh, yeah! The cache is a little scary for those of us who are afraid of heights! tftc

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 November 17 by Girls Phind Squirrels (2574 found)
Who cares about the bridge. There were lots of trains here that kept Mr. happy and distracted while searching for the cache.

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 July 14 by gorettih (1637 found)
interesting bridge

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 June 16 by do not resuscitate (1067 found)
A nice quiet place for a cache, and a nice view of the Spring St. bridge. Cache and log are dry and in good condtion. Thank you GeoCraig for bringing me here.

DevilHead & MommaBear
D.N.R.



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Side view of bridge
Nice view of Spring Street bridge
Metro-Link at the bridge

 June 11 by kingocal (1179 found)
Parked right at your coords that were provided. TFTC!

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Current time: 11/21/2009 8:36:02 AM
Last Updated: 11/20/2009 5:29:29 AM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum

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