Cut bias bridge
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The "Cut bias" bridge]] was an iron truss bridge built in 1888, was so named because it crossed the San Lorenzo River at an angle. Its north end was near the north end of today's Riverside Avenue bridge, but its south end was near where Laurel Street Extension turns away from the riverbank to become Leibrandt Avenue. In 1899, those two streets were the path of an electric streetcar line that ran from downtown to the beachfront Dolphin Bathhouse of the Leibbrandt brothers. [[Riverside Hotel owners the Barson family gave the city some of the hotel's land for a right-of-way to build the Riverside Avenue approach to the north end of the bridge.
- Charles McCaleb, Surf, Sand & Streetcars (1977 book)
- Bridges Span Santa Cruz's Past
