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Might look rather tempting to someone's inner base-jumper.
knoodelhed 08:15, 16 October 2007 (UTC)reply
DCfC
Death Cab for Cutie named their new song "Bixby Canyon Bridge" after this song.
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65.12.134.148 (
talk) 21:55, 18 May 2008 (UTC)reply
This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Bixby Creek Bridge article. --
Monterey Bay (
talk) 05:47, 30 October 2010 (UTC)reply
Name issue
The source for my change in text from Bixby Creek Bridge to Bixby Bridge is the fact that, although numerous other bridges along Highway 1 have "creek" in them, such as Rocky Creek Bridge, Bixby Bridge does not. The state historic bridge market says: Bixby Bridge 1932. Other bridges have "creek" in them, in some cases. My proof is the photo I took, which is available on Panoramio at this link:
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/47578829.jpg
If that is not sufficient to change the name, then I'll change the text back to Bixby Creek Bridge, although I believe that to be incorrect.
Thank you for your consideration.
GlennTSimmons (
talk) 18:12, 10 February 2011 (UTC)reply
On second thought, I'm going to check a few references before I move it. If you want to move it, that's your call. This bridge is included in the Jackson book, as well as ... I just checked the
California state website, and I'm seeing it both ways. I suggest we have it as "aka" in the article. -
Denimadept (
talk) 21:02, 10 February 2011 (UTC)reply
I’ve argued in favor of restoring the original, more commonly used name, as the title in the RM below. —-
В²C☎ 16:34, 10 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Height vs clearance
Height is 280 ft.
Clearance below is 260 ft?
Is height the height above sea level? What is the difference? — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
67.188.202.93 (
talk) 06:08, 8 July 2011 (UTC)reply
"Clearance" (Vertical clearance) is amount of room above the deck for traffic.
Some bridges have limits on this; this one doesn't. "Clearance below" is space below the bridge to the ground. "Height" is the level of the deck above the ground. The difference of 20 feet (6.1 m) between "below" and "height" for this bridge implies the distance between the top of the arch to the deck is 20 feet (6.1 m). -
Denimadept (
talk) 15:55, 8 July 2011 (UTC)reply
Addition to "In popular culture"
"Bixby Canyon Bridge" is also the name of a song by Death Cab for Cutie. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
24.250.158.164 (
talk) 05:14, 4 February 2014 (UTC)reply
Doesn't sound like anything to do with the bridge. Sounds like something to do with a song. -
Denimadept (
talk) 18:21, 4 February 2014 (UTC)reply
The Bixby Creek Bridge is a
reinforced concrete open-
spandrelarch bridge in
Big Sur, California. Prior to its opening in 1932, local residents were virtually cut off during winter as the old coast road, running as far as 11 miles (18 km) inland, was often impassable. At its completion, the bridge was, at 320 feet (98 m), the longest concrete arch span on the California State Highway System. It is one of the tallest single-span concrete bridges in the world.Photograph:
David Iliff
Due to what? What blocked the road for much of the winter?
Jim Michael (
talk) 23:33, 26 December 2015 (UTC)reply
As
California State Route 1 notes, "frequent landslides and erosion along the coast have caused several segments to be either closed for lengthy periods for repairs, or re-routed inland". So the answer is "landslides" - the terrain is steep and the ground rather frangible, so the wet winter weather makes it prone to slippage. But we should have a specific reference that confirms that's the case for this section, which we don't have yet.
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Given that this is a popular BASE jumping site, especially considering the notoriety of Steven Jester's BASE jump, I would have thought there would be more discussion of BASE jumping, rather than simply 2 fatalities which received far less press and attention than
Jester's jump (that instance has just less than 2.4M views).
Titaniumlegs (
talk) 16:36, 8 August 2019 (UTC)reply
Requested move 10 March 2023
The following is a closed discussion of a
requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a
move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Bixby Creek Bridge →
Bixby Bridge –
WP:COMMONNAME,
WP:CONCISION,
WP:OFFICIAL. Although the bridge is referenced in reliable sources as either Bixby Bridge or Bixby Creek Bridge,
ngrams and news source searches favor the more CONCISE name, it’s most commonly referred to with the shorter name which has been on the sign on the bridge since 1932 which anyone can verify with
Google Maps street view. I’ve never heard a local call it by the long name, only the short name, and I have connections there. This article was correctly created at
Bixby Bridge but was then moved a few years later without discussion, much less an RM, in 2007
[1], justified only by a comment claiming the longer name is its “proper name”, which is not a good reason to move even if valid, per COMMONNAME and OFFICIAL. There is no ambiguity issue either;
Bixby Bridge remains a PRIMARYREDIRECT to here. —
В²C☎ 16:32, 10 March 2023 (UTC) — Relisting.Wikiexplorationandhelping (
talk) 01:10, 18 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Even the state of California is unsure what to call the bridge.
Only one of those is from the state of California, meaning the state government. In any case, countless citations for both names can be found. It would be a toss-up for us, except CONCISION, ngrams, and the fact that this article was moved to the current title without valid justification, all favor
Bixby Bridge. It’s also likely there is some (inadvertent)
tail wagging effect here: by having this article at the current title that has probably affected usage outside of WP. —
В²C☎ 01:10, 11 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Beg to differ. All three links are to CalTrans sources. The third is a press release on a news site. —
btphelps(
talk to me) (
what I've done) 18:17, 18 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Not really but it’s moot since I’ve conceded from the outset that both names are commonly used in reliable sources, and any official sources like from Caltrans carry less weight per OFFICIAL. So you can find sources for both. So what? The proposed name is more CONCISE and preferred per ngrams. Besides, it’s entirely possible sources are being influenced by the title of this article and making the longer one more popular. —
В²C☎ 14:48, 20 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Support per CONCISE which is enough for me, all else being equal here. Good call, B2C.
RedSlash 21:33, 20 March 2023 (UTC)reply
The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.