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Ashley Road Bridge Reopens Kelly has been editor at large for the Journal since 2007, reporting on news in Montecito and beyond. She is also a licensed realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, and is a member of Montecito and Santa Barbara’s top real estate team, Calcagno & Hamilton.

Earlier this week the Ashley Road bridge reopened after being closed for more than two years following the catastrophic events of the 1/9 debris flow. This Thursday, February 13, a reopening ceremony will be held on the bridge at 10:30 am. “Each step in the recovery and rebuilding process is a reason to celebrate,” said Lael Wageneck with the Santa Barbara County Public Works Department.

The bridge, located between Sycamore Canyon Road and East Mountain Drive, was one of several Montecito bridges damaged or destroyed in the debris flow; the bridge was demolished in June 2018, and a temporary bridge was constructed for emergency vehicles until construction on a permanent bridge commenced in August 2019.

The original bridge was built in 1918, and during the debris flow, the creek channel was inundated by debris that came from the Thomas Fire burn area. It is estimated that the debris went 14 feet over the Cold Spring Basin, which the County is seeking to expand from 1.5 acres to 2.4 acres to increase its capability. During the debris flow, the bridge’s stone railings were demolished and washed away downstream, and the spandrel wall along the right side of the arch was significantly damaged. Sections of the abutments had also broken away and washed downstream. “You couldn’t even tell that there was once a bridge here,” Wageneck said during a recent visit to the site. The debris that demolished the bridge would continue down Cold Spring Creek, eventually merging with Montecito Creek downstream and demolishing the bridge as well as several homes near Parra Grande on East Valley Road.

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