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Michigan Bar Road Bridge

Sacramento County, California

Photos 

Michigan Bar Road Bridge

Photo taken by Craig Philpott

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BH Photo #200169

Map 

Description 

Single lane Bailey deck truss installed on stone piers that predate the current bridge. Stone piers are consistent with other piers in the region supporting wooden covered bridges from the 1860's to 1880's.

Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Cosumnes River on Michigan Bar Road in Rancho Murieta
Location
Sacramento County, California
History
Built 1947
Design
Pre-fabricated modular steel panel deck truss, single lane
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 138.1 ft.
Total length: 353.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.50038, -121.04530   (decimal degrees)
38°30'01" N, 121°02'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/670452/4263145 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Folsom SE
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
21
Inventory numbers
CA 24C-56 (California bridge number)
BH 11293 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 35.4 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1947 (271)
Built during 1940s (3,853)
California (2,267)
Deck truss (1,591)
Double-intersection Warren deck truss (82)
Double-intersection Warren truss (440)
Functionally obsolete (7,459)
One-lane traffic (7,532)
 Open (38,384)
Owned by county (19,745)
Pre-fab, modular steel panel truss (13)
Sacramento County, California (68)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,961)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,839)
Truss (30,960)

Update Log 

  • June 14, 2017: Updated by Fmiser: Moved from category "Bailey" to "Pre-fab, modular steel panel truss"
  • October 16, 2015: New photo from Erik Hoffman
  • June 4, 2011: Updated by Craig Philpott: refined design added photos
  • May 14, 2011: Updated by Craig Philpott: corrected location

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Michigan Bar Bridge - Sketch referring to earlier bridge, same location.
  • Erik Hoffman - norcalroadswebsite [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com

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