Rating:
45387
{82}%
2 votes
Sacramento Northern Bikeway - American River Bridge
Photos
Sacramento Northern bike path
View looking East, upriver.
Photo taken by Craig Philpott in May 2010
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BH Photo #166414
Description
Pratt through truss bridge of old Sacramento Northern Railroad converted to bike path use and preserved in place.
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)
- Railroads
- - Interurban
- Northern Electric Railway (NER)
- Sacramento Northern Railway (SN)
- Design
- Pratt through truss with Warren pony truss south approach span.
- Dimensions
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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
- Inventory number
- BH 45387 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 11, 2018: New Street View added by Luke
- February 5, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- August 24, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Riveted"
- January 27, 2014: New Street View added by Luke Harden
- 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
It's wonderful to have such historic structures here in my native hometown. I'm very glad that Sacramento has been able to find in their heart to preserve great bridges such as this one.