Stevenson Bridge is a local landmark due to its age and unique appearance: it's covered in graffiti. Love messages, insults, and downright creepy messages can be found scrawled across the entire span of bridge. Not a nook is uncovered leaving spectators wondering what the original color of the bridge is. It spans Putah Creek, which lies about a hundred feet below, at the junction of County Road 95a (Yolo County) and Stevenson Bridge Road (Solano County). To find it, take Russell Blvd. west to County Road 95a, turn left (south), it lies 1200m (4000ft.) ahead. The bridge is host to fugitive band geeks, bicyclers, people making strange commutes, kids drinking forties, In-N-Out garbage, a trashed car, a ton of old metal scraps, trees, a quiet creek in the summer, a raging creek in the winter, a nice smell (sort of), a good morning walk, a great date, Sheridan & Alexis' love, a cute path, the exhortation to "bike fast", scattered used syringes, dead animal carcasses, a geocache, and a lot of bats at night. The bridge in the morning is a truly magical thing. The bridge was built in 1923 and has been identified by the state of California as eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. It's one of only three bridges in California that utilizes an architectural design known as the "overhead tie arch." Those concrete arches are part of what makes the bridge so special.

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