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Richmond - San Rafael Bridge
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Richmond - San Rafael Bridge
From San Rafael Shore
Photo taken by Michael Goff on April 18, 2008
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Description
Bridge connects Contra Costa County and Marin County
Facts
- Overview
- Double deck cantilever truss bridge over San Pablo Bay on I-580 in Richmond
- Location
- Richmond, Contra Costa County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1956, Seismic Retrofit Completed 2005
- Design
- The Richmond/San Rafael Bridge is a double deck cantilever and continous truss bridge. The bridge spans twin shipping channels with two cantilever spans. The bridge also was designed with a "Sway Back" to save on steel costs.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 1,087.0 ft.
Total length: 21,346.2 ft. (4.0 mi.)
Deck width: 72.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Also called
- San Pablo Bay Bridge
John F. McCarthy Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.93405, -122.42955 (decimal degrees)
37°56'03" N, 122°25'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/550129/4198651 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- San Quentin
- Inventory numbers
- CA 28-100 (California bridge number)
BH 10852 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 08/2011)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 59.9 (out of 100)
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 67,000
Update Log
- April 3, 2011: New photos from Craig Philpott
- March 6, 2011: New Street View added by J.P.
- February 17, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Corrected design description
- November 30, 2009: New photo from Craig Philpott
- September 15, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
Sources
- Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com