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Mountain Quarries Bridge

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Concrete Arch Bridge

Opened
  
1912

Added to NRHP
  
11 February 2004

Built
  
1912

NRHP Reference #
  
04000014

Body of water
  
North Fork American River

Nearest city
  
Auburn

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Built by
  
Leonard, John B.; et al.

Similar
  
Black Hole of Calcutta Falls Trail, Foresthill Bridge, Auburn Dam, Auburn State Recreatio, Lake Clementine

The Mountain Quarries Bridge is a railroad bridge across the North Fork American River, near Auburn, in Placer County, California. It is a concrete arch bridge that was built in 1912 to transport quarried rock.

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Names

The Mountain Quarries Bridge has also been known as the Mountain Quarry Cement Bridge, the American River Quarry Bridge, the Pacific Portland Cement Company Railroad Bridge, the Auburn Concrete Arch Bridge, and the No Hands Bridge.

National Register of Historic Places

The Mountain Quarries Bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

According to its 2002 NRHP nomination — the bridge "although massive, ...is plain in appearance yet possesses a gracefulness that is in perfect harmony with its rugged surroundings."

References

Mountain Quarries Bridge Wikipedia