Big Creek Bridge, Road bridge on the Big Sur coast, California, United States

Big Creek Bridge is a 589-foot (180 m) open-spandrel concrete deck arch bridge on State Route 1 near Lucia, spanning Big Creek Canyon. Its two main arches each measure 178 feet (54 m), with 116-foot (35 m) cantilevered side arches tied into the canyon walls. The 24-foot (7.3 m) deck carries two lanes 65 feet (20 m) above the ground.

Built during the Great Depression and opened to traffic in late 1938, the bridge was partly funded by the federal government through the Works Progress Administration. Caltrans lists it as Bridge No. 44 0056. It received a seismic retrofit in 1999.

The bridge is identified by Caltrans as Bridge No. 44 0056. Its designer, Christian Theophil Gutleben, was known for reinforced concrete arch bridges along the California coast and in the Los Angeles area. Parking areas at both ends let drivers stop and photograph the span.

Parking areas sit at both ends of the bridge, letting drivers pull over for photographs. The deck is 24 feet (7.3 m) wide and carries two lanes of State Route 1, 65 feet (20 m) above Big Creek canyon. The crossing lies near Lucia on the southern Big Sur coast.

The bridge stayed open when mudslides closed many other crossings on the Pacific Coast Highway. Parking areas at both ends let drivers stop for photographs, and the designer, Christian Theophil Gutleben, also worked on reinforced concrete arches in Los Angeles.