Bridgeport, California
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Bridgeport, California is the county seat of Mono County, California. The town is located at (38.25583, -119.23028), at the intersection of highways US 395 and State Route 182.
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[edit] Geography and Features
The ZIP Code is 93517, and the community is inside area code 760.
Visitors to Bridgeport often take advantage of one of California's best-kept natural hot springs, the Travertine Hot Springs, in the hills to the east of the town.
The US Marine Corps' Mountain Warfare Training Center is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) north of Bridgeport on State Route 108.
Bridgeport is also notable for its proximity to the well-preserved ghost town of Bodie.
In addition to this, Bridgeport is also the unofficial capital of the Irish Car Bomb, as well as the historic site of the now defunct Padilla Farms free range chicken ranch.
Bridgeport also occasionally plays host to the annual E Clampus Vitus celebration.
[edit] Politics
In the state legislature Bridgeport is located in the 1st Senate District, represented by Republican Dave Cox, and in the 25th Assembly District, represented by Republican Tom Berryhill. Federally, Bridgeport is located in California's 25th congressional district, which has a Cook PVI of R +7[1] and is represented by Republican Buck McKeon.
[edit] Bridgeport in fiction
Bridgeport is the setting of the 1947 film Out of the Past; several sequences were filmed on location in the town.
Bridgeport plays a small role in the novel The Dharma Bums (1958) by Jack Kerouac; it is the place from where the main characters Ray Smith, Japhy Ryder and Henry Morley start their climb to the nearby Matterhorn Peak.
[edit] References
- ^ Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest?. Campaign Legal Center Blog. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
[edit] External links
- Bridgeport Chamber of Commerce
- Bridgeport, California is at coordinates Coordinates:
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