"The Bridge in the Sky" documentary film in two parts, created by Ray and Marvin Hattrup, documenting the construction of the Foresthill Bridge 1969-1973. Narrated by Ed Brady.
The Foresthill Bridge in Placer County is the tallest bridge in California, standing 730 feet above the North Fork of the American River. It is a steel deck truss bridge and at the time of its construction, which began in 1969, it was the second tallest bridge that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation had ever built. Construction was completed in 1972 and the bridge was formally dedicated on September 1, 1973.
The bridge was never intended to be California’s tallest bridge. It was originally built at its massive height for a planned reservoir that would have been formed by the Auburn Dam. However, due to seismic, economic, and environmental concerns the dam was never completed, and the bridge remains as a monument to the end of California’s dam building era of the 1970s.
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Label on metal can reads: "M6309\Ray Hattrup\'Bridge in the Sky'\ Orig A Roll + mag Trk Reel I\M6309"
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This object includes 4 film elements: 2 magnetic soundtracks (part 1 and part 2) and 2 corresponding moving image reels (part 1 and part 2). This element, caaupmd_000013_reel01, is the magnetic soundtrack part 2 element.