Category Archives: San Bernardino County

County Highway, District 8, Highways, History, Image, Old Bridge, Roads, San Bernardino County, Santa Ana River

Featured Image – 5/31/2022

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1912 / 1933 Greenspot Road bridge over the Santa Ana River

The Greenspot Road bridge, locally known as the “Erector Set Bridge” has an interesting history. It was originally built in 1912 located near Victorville at the Mojave Narrows. In 1932, the bridge was dismantled and replaced with a wider span for US Highway 66. In 1933, San Bernardino County purchased a portion of the span and rebuilt it over the Santa Ana River between Mentone and Highland. The bridge remained in general use until 2015 when it was bypassed by a new bridge to the west. Today, the bridge is a part of a bicycle trail along the Santa Ana River.

To get to the bridge, use either the 5th St / Greenspot Road exit on State 210 (Exit 83) from the west or via State 38 (Mill Creek Road) and Garnet St from the east.

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Historic Bridges of Southern California
California, Caltrans, District 8, Highways, History, I-10, Image, Old Bridge, Rivers, Roads, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, Santa Ana River, Southern California, US 395, US 70, US 91, US 99

Featured Image – 5/5/2021

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“Crossroads Interchange” in 1958. Courtesy – Caltrans

This photo shows the I-10 / I-215 interchange in San Bernardino, California as it existed in 1958. At the time, those numbers didn’t quite exist. Back then, this was the junction of US 70, US 91, US 99, US 395, and State 18. The view is looking south along what is now I-215 with the Santa Ana River bridges in the foreground. The bridge to the left was US 99 until the 1930’s. The two bridges to the right are still around, though widened.

California, Disaster, District 8, Earthquake, Fault, Geology, Highways, Inyo County, Ridgecrest, Roads, San Bernardino County, SR-178, Trona, Updates

Ridgecrest – Part 2 Now Online

Part 2 of my Ridgecrest earthquake field trip is now online. This time, I also won’t forget to add a link!

Ridgecrest Earthquakes of July 4-5, 2019 – Part 2
California, Disaster, District 8, Earthquake, Event, Geology, Highways, Ridgecrest, Roads, San Bernardino County, Southern California, SR-178

Ridgecrest – Part 1

Finally posting the photos from my August 22, 2019 Ridgecrest trip. Part 1, which covers the fault rupture, is finally up. Part 2, which will cover the problems in Poison Canyon and Trona, are coming soon!

Ridgecrest Earthquakes of July 4-5, 2019 – Part 1
District 6, District 8, District 9, Earthquake, Geology, Highways, Inyo County, Kern County, San Bernardino County, Searles Lake, SR-178, USGS

Earthquake UPDATES – Mw 7.1 near Ridgecrest

Well, that was strong! I felt it here in San Diego. First time I felt my building sway and it shook for a while. USGS is now reporting the quake as a Mw 7.1, which is 11 times larger than the one yesterday. This, assuming a larger one doesn’t happen, has also been deemed the “main shock” and the 6.4 was the “fore shock”. USGS and Caltech are a bit slow right now. If you felt this one, please let USGS know once their servers are not slow or not working. They need your help!

From Caltrans and CHP, damage reports are coming in of rockfalls on 178 in Poison Canyon, a sinkhole on 178 near the Trona Pinnacles turnoff, and buckling up to 4 feet as well as large cracks in other areas. Do not drive fast through any of the earthquake affected areas. Also be aware that rockfalls will be likely in all the local mountain ranges, so be careful. State 127 near Ibex Pass is covered with rocks, and that is a fair distance away from the epicenter.

http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/
Working map of all earthquakes in California and Nevada by Caltech. Links to USGS as well on the page.

USGS site now working!
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci38457511/executive