Pope Street Bridge | |
Location: | Pope St., over the Napa River, St. Helena, California |
Coordinates: | 38.5113°N -122.4559°W |
Builder: | Pithie, R.H. |
Architecture: | Triple arch bridge |
Added: | October 5, 1972 |
Refnum: | 72000241 |
The Pope Street Bridge is a stone bridge carrying Pope Street over the Napa River in St. Helena, California. Built by R. H. Pithie in 1894, the bridge is the oldest stone bridge in Napa County. The triple arch bridge is long and wide and cost $14,500 to build. The stone used to build the bridge came from a local quarry on Monticello Road near Mount George Grade. The bridge was designed for horse-drawn vehicles but has withstood automobile traffic; it also survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake without damage.[1]
The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 5, 1972.