Leimert Bridge is located in the Oakmore neighborhood of

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. It spans and is high above

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. It is a

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and

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. When it was built in 1926, it was the largest single-span bridge on the

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. The

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with a span of on the California

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coast opened four years later in 1932. The bridge was designed by George Posey who also designed the Posey Tube

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between Oakland and

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. Realtor Walter H. Leimert built the bridge in order to develop the Oakmore Heights area. The Park Boulevard #18 street car line spurred off the

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and crossed the bridge connecting Oakmore to central Oakland until the late 1940s; the streetcar power lines were then converted to street lighting. It became a City of Oakland

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in 1980. Th
multi-use trails
of Dimond Canyon travel under the bridge and can be accessed from the Dimond Canyon Trail off El Centro Ave, or Old Cañon Trail off Benevides Ave.

References

Mailman. Erika. Oakland Hills (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing. 2004.

External links

The Leimert Bridge: Historical background
- Oakmore Homes Association with pictures of bridge {{San Francisco Bay watershed Bridges in Alameda County, California Buildings and structures in Oakland, California Road bridges in California Bridges completed in 1926 1926 establishments in California Arch bridges in the United States Steel bridges in the United States Concrete bridges in California