San Luis Obispo County CA Archives Photo Place.....Footbridge 
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A FOOTBRIDGE 600 Block on Monterey Street 

History and Description:

Presently spanning San Luis Obispo Creek between The Cigar Factory and a public
parking lot, this bridge initially provided access for foot and bicycle traffic
across a low marshy area between the Augusta Street-Sinsheimer School area and
the San Luis Obispo City Park-Richard Street area. It was designed and
constructed by a group of five Cal Poly students as a senior project in 1960 to
replace an unguarded footbridge at the same location.  In 1966 the City extended
Augusta Street through the area and the bridge became surplus.  A group of Cal
Poly students suggested the present location and the bridge was moved by the
City to the site.

The bridge is located at the rear of The Cigar Factory spanning San Luis Obispo
Creek and can be reached from the public parking lot on Monterey Street, across
from the San Luis Obispo County Museum.

The bridge was designed to use modified plywood box beams for the structural
spans; these beams are triangular in cross-section and also serve as a
protective railing. Transverse deck beams are hung from the two box beams on
8-foot centers an which the walk decking is placed, consisting of closely spaced
2 x 4's set on edge.  The bridge originally had a clear span of 55 feet and
appears to have been moved intact.  It provides a clear walk width of about 5
feet and was designed to accommodate about half of the Sinsheimer School
population without failing structurally. The bridge has a decided arch to it and
clears the creek by about 10 feet at its highest point, A downslope footpath
from the parking lot to the bridge, its brown and green paint, and its
relatively low height tend to make it blend well with the creek bank, trees and
bushes.

Sources:
Mr. Kenneth Schwartz
Mr. J. Fitzpatrick, San Luis Obispo City Clerk 
Senior Project, File #60-323, "A Plywood Footbridge for the City of San
      Luis Obispo"


Additional Comments:
Extracted from

Discovering San Luis Obispo County
by
Carleton M. Winslow


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