Rocky Creek Bridge (California)

Rocky Creek Bridge
Coordinates	36°22′46″N 121°54′08″W
Carries	SR 1
Crosses	Rocky Creek
Locale	Big Sur Monterey County
Maintained by	Caltrans
Characteristics
Design	open-spandrel deck arch bridge
Material	Reinforced concrete
Total length	497.1 feet (151.5 m)
Longest span	239 feet (73 m)
History
Construction end	1932
Location

Rocky Creek Bridge is a reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch bridge on the Big Sur coast of California, built in 1932. It is located in Monterey County, on the State Route 1 (Cabrillo Highway) about 12 miles (19 km) south of the city of Carmel, and about a mile north of the more famous Bixby Creek Bridge. As its name implies, it spans Rocky Creek. A turnout with limited parking space exists to the northwest of the bridge, for tourist use.

The vicinity ecology is noteworthy in that the marine waters at the mouth of Rocky Creek are a habitat for the endangered southern sea otter, E. l. nereis. Additionally, on a ridge above Rocky Creek is one of the few known habitats of Yadon's piperia, a North American rare and endangered species of orchid.