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Big Sur California Holiday Ornament - Bixby Bridge

Big Sur California Holiday Ornament - Bixby Bridge

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Bixby Bridge. One arch, one canyon, one of the most photographed structures in America - and for its first decades almost nobody saw it, because there was no road to reach it from either direction.

Highway 1 through Big Sur was approved in 1919 and took nearly two decades to finish. The coast fought it: sheer cliffs, no towns, no labor. Three San Quentin prison camps supplied the crews, who earned thirty-five cents a day plus a day off their sentence for every two days worked. Bixby Creek Bridge itself went up fast by comparison - completed in October 1932, dedicated that November, 714 feet long and 24 feet wide, and finished more than three thousand dollars under budget. The convict crews met on the road in September 1934. The highway opened in June 1937.

What makes the bridge extraordinary is not its size but its restraint. A single concrete arch, unornamented, thrown across a gap the land said could not be crossed - and somehow it looks less like an intrusion than like the coast agreed to it. Nearly a century later it is the image the whole Pacific coast is condensed into.

For the person who has driven that road, or who still intends to. It hangs quietly and starts conversations loudly.

Below are excerpts from our Big Sur history page. The Big Sur town logo and the full town story are available through the collection link above.

The illustration is printed on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round, white-backed so the grayscale holds its depth and the red berries catch the eye from across a room. The faceted edge throws light from any angle on a lit tree. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.

3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.


QUICK FACTS — BIG SUR CA CRYSTAL ORNAMENT — BIXBY BRIDGE

Town: Big Sur, California

Founded: Highway 1 completed 1937

Known for: Ninety miles of Highway 1; the Bixby Creek Bridge (1932); McWay Falls; Pfeiffer Beach; redwoods meeting the Pacific

Art: Bixby Bridge, original Merlin Classics engraving

Blank: 3-inch (76 mm) round clear crystal glass ornament, faceted gem-cut edge

Print: white-backed for contrast; red ribbon hanger

Packaging: white or gold gift box, chosen at checkout

Made to order in the USA



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How does your sizing work?

Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

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Enter the recipient's address as the shipping address and your own as the billing address at checkout. Nothing ships with a price; the package includes a plain packing slip. Tracking goes to your email, not theirs. For birthdays and holidays, order two weeks ahead to be safe.

What's the return policy?

Made-to-order items can't be returned or exchanged for size or color, so please use the size chart and photos before ordering. If anything arrives defective, misprinted or damaged, send a photo and your order number within 30 days and we'll replace it or refund you.

How do I care for my item?

Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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Our Big Sur logo carries the same emblem every Merlin Classics town wears — the California grizzly and star above an "Est. 1850" statehood mark, in worn, hand-printed black and white. It is the mark that ties Big Sur to every other California town we make. What makes this one Big Sur is everything around the emblem: here, the coast road and the bridge, the redwoods and the condor coast. On a tee or a cap it reads less like a souvenir and more like a license plate for a place that never incorporated — California's wildest hundred miles, worn plain.

Big Sur takes its name from el país grande del sur — the Spanish “big country of the south,” below the old capital at Monterey.

Why People Visit Big Sur California

  • Stop at the Bixby Creek Bridge — the 1932 open-spandrel concrete arch, 714 feet long and 280 feet high, and the most photographed point on the Big Sur coast. Note that a county no-parking zone took effect around the bridge in August 2026 — use the designated pullouts and never stop on the span.
  • See McWay Falls in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park — an eighty-foot waterfall that drops straight onto a cove beach below Highway 1.
  • Walk among the coast redwoods at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, and find the purple-tinted sand at Pfeiffer Beach just down the road.
  • Tour Point Sur Lighthouse — the 1889 light station on a volcanic rock dome rising from the sea.
  • Hike the bluffs and canyons of Garrapata, Andrew Molera, and Limekiln state parks, and into the Ventana Wilderness in Los Padres National Forest.
  • Watch for sea otters in the kelp, gray whales offshore in winter and spring, and California condors riding the updrafts over the cliffs.
  • Drive the full Carmel–San Simeon stretch of Highway 1 — the ninety-mile coast road where the Santa Lucia Mountains meet the Pacific.

Big Sur California Merlin Classics retro vintage logo featuring the California grizzly bear and California Republic Est. 1850