Placerville California Highway 50 Bridge Real Photo Postcard

The New Highway Bridge at Webber Creek on U.S. Highway 50 near Placerville, California, represents a period of significant infrastructure development in the mid-20th century. Given the style of the concrete structure and the vintage automobile, the bridge likely dates to the 1930s or 1940s when modern highway construction aimed to accommodate increasing automobile traffic. Highway 50 itself has a rich history, evolving from the Placerville-Carson Road—a vital route during the California Gold Rush—and later becoming part of the Lincoln Highway, America's first transcontinental highway, before being designated as a U.S. federal route.