The Los Peñasquitos Creek Arch Bridge is a pair of road bridges located in

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, USA. Completed in 1949, the original bridge is a

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open-spandrel arch-bridge with an overall length of , and arch span of . It now serves as a service road and bike path. The new Los Peñasquitos Creek bridge was first built in 1966 as the southbound lanes of the

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freeway. It was completely replaced by a

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during the widening of the Interstate 15 freeway in 1976.

Cara Knott Memorial Bridge

In 1995, the new bridge was renamed the Cara Knott Memorial Bridge after 20-year-old

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, a San Diego State University student who was stopped and then subsequently murdered by California Highway Patrol officer

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near the bridge on the night of December 27, 1986. Peyer was later convicted in the case and is serving a 25 years-to-life sentence in prison. In 2000, Cara's father, Sam, died of a heart attack, just a few yards from the exact place where his daughter was killed, while taking care of a garden the family built to honor Cara.Taxpayers for Improving Public Safety (TiPS) – former CHP denied parole four more years

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