Quince Street Footbridge

Do you enjoy walking bridges as much as I do? Then you will want to add the Quince Street Footbridge, aka Maple Canyon Bridge, to your list of walks in San Diego. Located just two long blocks South of Spruce Street, you can quite easily add the Quince Street Footbridge to your walk the same day you visit the Spruce Street Suspension Bridge. Walk South on 1st Avenue two blocks, turn East and in about two blocks you will see this historic trestle. Once crossing the bridge, continue past the far end until you reach Balboa Park.

The Quince Street Footbridge is located on Quince Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues and crosses over Maple Canyon. According to the California Historical Resources Inventory Database this wood trestle bridge engineered by George A. d’Heuecourt and built by Addison M. Young in 1905 is 206 feet long, 6 feet wide and is 60 feet above the canyon floor at it’s highest point. Designated an Historic Landmark October 28th, 1987 this rare, beautifully preserved trestle reminds us of the days when walking was an important, no, necessary part of daily life in San Diego. You can almost hear the conversations of people as they walk the bridge in the morning on their way to work. How thankful they must have been once the bridge was completed, saving each pedestrian several walking miles each week as they walked back and forth to work and home.