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After parking walk roughly along the highway bushwacking your way through and making sure you stay way off the pavement. Enter the bridge tunnels through manholes under the concrete structures located at either corner of the bridge (SW, NW, SE, NE) or squeeze through the expansion joints located at each corner. As he tried to jump out of the way of oncoming vehicles, he fell to his death.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. Pine Valley Creek is the highest concrete beam bridge in the United States with a 4-lane road deck 440 feet (134 mtrs) above the creek. You can test yourself through the expansion joints before going through the rappel gaps. They seemed all to be the same size, but things may change seasonally. His name is on the plans. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings.Wrecked cars at the scene of an accident on the Pine Valley Creek Bridge where a man jumped to his death to avoid a car collision.Traffic moves along the Pine Valley Creek Bridge where a man jumped to his death to avoid a car collision, a fall of approximately 400 feet according to California Highway Patrol. The only rules and regulation currently posted at the bridge are:
You will access the rappel by walking INSIDE the structures located BELOW the traffic lanes, completely out of sight from transiting vehicles.
Follow use trails to climb back up to the top of the hill, go back inside the concrete structures, retrieve your rope and anchor equipment and go back the way you came. There's 4 possible rappeling location, the tallest rappel is probably on the South West side, and the second tallest is the South East side. Another driver got out of his Subaru Outback and was trying to assist the pickup truck driver when three other cars crashed trying to avoid the Ford.In an attempt to avoid the crashing vehicles, the man who stopped to help ran to the south edge of the bridge and jumped over the bridge rail, according to the highway patrol. Reliance on the information contained on this site is solely at your own risk. The bridge over Pine Creek is 450ft tall and based on two hollow concrete structures that support each traffic lane. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Let our news meet your inbox. The Pine Valley Creek Bridge is 450-feet high, making it one of the country's largest bridges. While rain had cleared Wednesday morning, … Please respect these rules to avoid getting a ticket or force authorities to unnecessarily close access to the bridge. There is no warranty as to accuracy, timeliness or completeness of the information provided on this site. You will get ticketed, towed, arrested or worse.
NOTE: The expansion joints are tighter on the EAST side of the bridge. The man was trying to help a pickup driver who crashed. The body of a man who jumped off an Interstate 8 bridge over Pine Valley Creek, west of Pine Valley, on Tuesday was recovered by a sheriff’s helicopter crew while the freeway was closed.
The bridge over Pine Creek is 450ft tall and based on two hollow concrete structures that support each traffic lane.
The upper section courses alongside Pine Valley Creek, passing under the more-than-400-foot-tall Pine Valley Bridge on I-8, then winding above the canyon to follow a …
There's a paved shoulder/emergency lane plus another dirt shoulder, you may stay at the outer skirts of the dirt edge and be able to safely access the bridge without disrupting traffic.
Canyoneering, Canyoning, Caving and other activities described in this site are inherently dangerous. Park at any of the valid parking spots indicated in the map: The inside of the bridge has been used as shelter by countless swallows, bats, and possibly illegal immigrants... please leave the premises in the same state you found them so that they can keep coming back. In all habitats live animals and plants that deserve respect, please minimize impact on the environment and observe the local ethics. This is a 300' drop with an awkward start, so we recommend the following precautions: The only people that may potentially see you rappeling are hikers on the Pine Valley hiking trail that runs right under the bridge, but this is almost always deserted.