Cold Spring Arch Bridge
A steel arch bridge on Highway 154 spanning a canyon 120 meters deep, one of California's highest arch bridges.
Completed in 1963 with a span of about 213 meters, the bridge once won an award for America's most beautiful steel bridge. Beneath it is the Cold Spring Tavern, an old bar converted from a 19th-century stagecoach stop. On weekends it serves tri-tip sandwiches and has live music, and it is often combined with the route to Solvang. A roadside viewpoint with parking lies on the north side of the bridge.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park
- Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- Old Mission Santa Barbara
- Arroyo Burro Beach (Hendry's)
- Lake Cachuma
- Santa Barbara County Courthouse
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art