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Orangevale Avenue Bridge

Sacramento County, California
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Orangevale Gold Creek Bridge

Photo taken by Craig Philpott

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According to the Heritage Preservation League of Folsom, the historic Orangevale Bridge, an open spandrel arch, is under fire to possibly be destroyed in order to be replaced by a UCEB. With a tip o' the hat to members of the league for letting us know about this. Another salute is due to the league and the California Chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association, as efforts are underway to fight the destruction and preseve the historic bridge by converting it to single lane traffic.

The bridge was on the declaration route of the Lincoln Highway.

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Gold Creek on Orangevale Avenue in Folsom
Location
Folsom, Sacramento County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1915
Builder
- W. N. Concanon
Design
Concrete open spandrel deck arch.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.1 ft.
Total length: 161.1 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Also called
Gold Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.68091, -121.19427   (decimal degrees)
38°40'51" N, 121°11'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/657066/4282915 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Folsom
Inventory numbers
CA 24C-268 (California bridge number)
BH 11294 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2010)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 54.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
1,000

Categories 

Arch (9,419)
Built 1915 (966)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
California (1,622)
Deck arch (8,700)
Folsom, California (7)
Functionally obsolete (7,040)
Lincoln Highway (81)
 Open (28,314)
Open-spandrel arch (582)
Owned by city (3,052)
Sacramento County, California (44)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,300)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
W. N. Concanon (2)

Update Log 

  • June 15, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "W. N. Concanon, Builder"
  • June 12, 2012: New photo from Brian Smith
  • June 4, 2011: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added photos, added alternate name
  • May 14, 2011: Updated by Craig Philpott: corrected location
  • January 13, 2010: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added to Lincoln Highway category

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