Location #5

The famous Arroyo Hondo highway bridge, built in 1918, and photographed by just about everybody. It carried trafic in both directions of highway 101 until 1950 when it was replaced by 4 lanes over a landfill with a culvert. The railroad trestle just to the south of it was built in 1896, and is very impressive also. There was also another bridge built just to the east of this over the Arroyo Quemada canyon in 1917. The Quemada bridge is still carrying southbound traffic on the current 101. Arroyo Hondo means "deep creek" in spanish, and Arroyo Quemada means "burnt creek".

	View of the top of the bridge and adjacent trestle looking west.
	View looking southwest showint the arches.
	A closer look and the design.
	View facing east from the east access to the bridge. Only walking traffice is permitted on the bridge now.
	Looking west. The trail leading up to the old bridge.
	View from the east end.
	View looking northwest. Current freeway can be seen in the background.
	Some of the crumbling sides of the bridge.
	View looking west from near the west end of the bridge.
	The west end of the location.
	View facing east from the west end.
	A closer view looking east.
	The Tajiguas Store and Signal station was just east of this location, on the east side of the freeway. This looks like from the 20's. Nothing left of it today.
	The bridge as it looked before it was replaced.

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