Bixby Bridge, Highway 1, California

Afternoon view of the Bixby Bridge, near Big Sur, California

        One of the most famous of all California's bridges: the spectacular Bixby Bridge on Highway 1, just north of Big Sur, south of Carmel.  It was built in 1932 as part of the WPA program of government jobs at a time of high unemployment and depression.  It spans Bixby Creek.  It is 320' long, 32' wide at the deck, and 280' high over the mouth of the creek below.  It was named for Charles Bixby, who founded a lumber mill up the creek in 1868.