Sacramento Northern Bike Trail American River Bridge

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Sacramento Northern bike path

View looking East, upriver.

Photo taken by Craig Philpott in May 2010

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Street View 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Pratt through truss bridge over American River on Sacramento Northern Bike Trail

Location

Sacramento, Sacramento County, California

Status

Open to pedestrians

Future prospects

Historical Pratt truss railroad bridge of the Sacramento Northern Railroad converted to pedestrian and bike path bridge.

Builder

- Carnegie Steel Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Iron/Steel Manufacturer)

Design

Pratt through truss with Warren pony truss south approach span.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 194.0 ft.
Total length: 600.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.

Also called

NER American River Bridge
SN American River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+38.59402, -121.47457   (decimal degrees)
38°35'38" N, 121°28'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

10/632844/4272829 (zone/easting/northing)

Elevation

45 ft. above sea level

USGS topographic map

Sacramento East

Inventory number

BH 45387 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 15, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Northern Electric Railway", "Sacramento Northern Railway", "Railroad", "Interurban"
• June 26, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Rail-to-trail"
• September 5, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: refined description
• May 26, 2010: New Street View added by Joshua Collins
• May 25, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott

Sources 

• Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu
• Joshua Collins - Bigjc1979 [at] aol [dot] com

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