Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge Failure Within the Context of Risk

2017年10月14日 — A 30-mile stretch of Highway 1 between Gorda (about 60 miles south of Big Sur) and San Simeon further south is still closed. Caltrans said it ...

2017年10月13日 — The new 310-foot bridge outside Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is distinguished by not having columns beneath it, just strong steel girders ...

2017年3月26日 — A landslide in the Big Sur Valley damaged the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge, forcing the closure of Highway One. The bridge, which was condemned, since ...

2017年10月13日 — This bridge was recognized as an Accelerated Bridge Construction project, new to California and the Big Sur Community. Dozens of bridge workers ...

2018年1月5日 — The Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge was built and opened to the public just eight months after the original concrete structure was condemned, a process ...

The new bridge width is 40 ft, incorporating three girder lines, and the total structure depth is 14 ft (the steel girders alone are just under 13 ft deep).

2020年4月2日 — A landslide mobilized by January and February 2017 storms displaced an interior pile column supporting the bridge. The California Department of ...

2018年9月10日 — SACRAMENTO — Caltrans is asking the public to vote for the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge project in Big Sur, one of 12 projects competing nationally ...