Santa Clara County, California Bridges: Piedmont Road Bridges across Upper Penitencia Creek

October 2007 (37.39167 Degrees, -121.84167 Degrees) Piedmont Road Bridges

The last bridges we looked at after the Alum Rock Earthquake were the Piedmont Road Bridges across Upper Penitencia Creek (37C0135L/R). These are modern (1975) three span slab bridges on reinforced concrete pier walls. We studied these bridges, but couldn't find any damage, and concluded that large 0.3 second accelerations are not indicative of bridge damage during earthquakes.

Santa Clara County, California Bridges: Piedmont Road Bridges across Upper Penitencia Creek by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.