San Diego has a lot of urban canyons which yearn to be explored. One of them is Maple Canyon, which travels underneath two cool bridges, the Quince Street Bridge and the 1st Avenue Bridge:
Quince Street Bridge
1st Avenue Bridge
The Quince Street Bridge is 236 feet long and was completed in 1905. It had been closed and scheduled to be destroyed in the 1980s because of termite and wood-rot damage. However, neighborhood activists came together to raise money for its repairs, and after a long overhaul, it was reopened in 1990. It was closed again on March 20, 2011, when a massive eucalyptus tree fell on it. After $90,000 of repairs, it was reopened on September 10, 2011.
The 1st Avenue Bridge was built in 1931, is 463 feet long, and rises 104 feet above Maple Canyon below. Since it is the only steel arch bridge in the city, it is listed as a historic structure. It was closed for 15 months in 2009-2010 for renovations and seismic retrofitting, reopening to great fanfare on February 22, 2010.
It is rumored that there is lots of wildlife in Maple Canyon, but all I ever see are birds.
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