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File:Bear Creek Bridge (1926) and Highway 140. Looking north - All Year Highway, Between Arch Rock and Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Mariposa County, CA HAER CAL,22-ELPOR,1-42.tif

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Bear Creek Bridge (1926) and Highway 140. Looking north - All Year Highway, Between Arch Rock and Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Mariposa County, CA
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Grogan, Brian

Related names:

Yosemite Valley Rail Road
Alger, Russell A
Coulterville and Yo Semite Turnpike Company
Yosemite Transportation Company
Benson, H C
Forsyth, William W
Wilson, J R
Lewis, Washington Bartlett
California Highway Association
Albright, Horace
Alco, Julian H
V R Dennis Company
Bureau of Public Roads
Dennis Construction Company
Yosemite Lumber Company
Zion, E H
Yosemite Park and Curry Company
des Baillets, Ernst
Schwabacher, James H
Civilian Conservation Corps
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Title
Bear Creek Bridge (1926) and Highway 140. Looking north - All Year Highway, Between Arch Rock and Yosemite Valley, El Portal, Mariposa County, CA
Depicted place California; Mariposa County; El Portal
Date 2001
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER CAL,22-ELPOR,1-42
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  • Significance: Built by the Yosemite Valley Railroad to connect its terminus of El Portal with Yosemite National Park, the road defied the conventional wisdom that a road could not be constructed up the rugged Merced River Canyon. The old wagon road was reconstructed by the National Park Service in the 1920s concurrently with the construction by the state of a connecting high-speed motor road from Merced and Mariposa. The low-level road provided access to Yosemite National Park in all seasons, and was a major factor in the subsequent development of winter sports activities in the park.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N841
  • Survey number: HAER CA-150
  • Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ca1923.photos.190883p
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Object location37° 40′ 28.99″ N, 119° 46′ 59.02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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