Sentinel Bridge, Spanning Merced River on Sentinel Bridge Crossover Road, Yosemite Village, Mariposa County, CA

part of Yosemite National Park Roads and Bridges Recording Project, 1991; see HAER No. CA-117 for overview

Significance: Sentinel Bridge is the oldest surviving Merced River bridge in Yosemite National Park; it originally carried the main traffic load over the river at the site of the Old Yosemite Village, once the center of activity in the Valley.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N82

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N829

Survey number: HAER CA-94

Building/structure dates: 1918- 1919 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1960 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1993 Demolished

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