Centerville Bridge Climb
- long (21.1 km)
- 13 mi
- long (21.1 km)
- of climbing (930 m)
- 3,051 ft
- of climbing (930 m)
- average grade
- 4.4%
- average grade
- steepest 500 m
- 10.1%
- steepest 500 m
Elevation profile
From 5,705 ft at the bottom to 8,757 ft at the top. Grades are averaged over each half kilometre, from USGS elevation data, so short ramps can be steeper than they show.
Weather at the top of Centerville Bridge this week
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Is it safe to bike up Centerville Bridge?
We don't rate roads as safe or unsafe: crash counts can't say how risky a ride is, and roads people like to ride draw more riders, so they see more crashes. What the records show: 7 bike crashes were reported on or beside Centerville Bridge along the climb from 2021–2025, 6 of them serious or fatal. Of the 4 where the cyclist's direction along the climb can be read, 3 were coming down and 1 going up.
Common questions about Centerville Bridge
- How long and steep is the Centerville Bridge climb?
- 13 miles (21.1 km) at 4.4% on average, climbing 3,051 ft (930 m) from 5,705 ft to 8,757 ft. The steepest half kilometre averages 10.1%. That makes it a Hors catégorie climb.
- Where does the climb start and finish?
- It starts at 38.65936, -119.72605, and tops out at Ebbetts Pass at 38.54411, -119.81208.
- Is Centerville Bridge paved?
- Yes, by its OpenStreetMap tags.
- How is the category worked out?
- From the climb's shape only: length in metres × average grade (%) of 16,000 or more for Cat 3, 32,000 for Cat 2, 64,000 for Cat 1 and 80,000 for HC. It describes how hard the climb is, not traffic or crashes.
- Where does this data come from?
- The climb is found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation (every climb, not a list of famous ones). Access is from OpenStreetMap tags; gates and closures change, so obey posted signs. Crash counts are police reports in the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS) on data.ca.gov, counted where their map location is within 100 ft of the climb. The forecast is from the National Weather Service.
Other climbs nearby
- Wolf Creek Road near South Lake TahoeCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 6.7% · 774 ft · starts 2.5 mi away
- Airport RoadCat 3 · 3.1 mi at 4% · 653 ft · starts 6.3 mi away
- Highland Lakes RoadCat 3 · 3.7 mi at 4.3% · 843 ft · starts 9.9 mi away
- Emigrant TrailCat 3 · 2.8 mi at 4.7% · 682 ft · starts 11 mi away
- Blue Lakes RoadCat 2 · 7.3 mi at 3% · 1,145 ft · starts 12 mi away
- Fredericksburg Canyon RoadCat 1 · dirt · 4.1 mi at 11.7% · 2,526 ft · starts 12 mi away
- Luther Pass Road near South Lake TahoeCat 3 · 2.5 mi at 5.1% · 676 ft · starts 13 mi away
- Old Luther Pass RoadCat 3 · 2.2 mi at 5.8% · 663 ft · starts 13 mi away
Found from OpenStreetMap roads and USGS 3DEP elevation; ranked on shape only. Hors catégorie: length in metres × average grade (%) of 16,000 or more for Cat 3, 32,000 for Cat 2, 64,000 for Cat 1 and 80,000 for HC. It describes how hard the climb is, not traffic or crashes. Crashes: bike crashes reported within 100 ft of the climb, 2021–2025, from the California Crash Reporting System (CCRS), counted only where the report has map coordinates. Weather: National Weather Service. Access from OpenStreetMap tags; obey posted signs. How the data works.