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Yellow Bridge

Sacramento County, California
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Yellow Bridge

Photo taken by Craig Philpott

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Description 

Pennsylvania Petit through truss bridge with pony truss approach on North end, preserved in place as pedestrian walk way.

Facts 

Overview
Pennsylvania Petit through truss bridge over Cosumnes River on Pedestrian walkway
Location
Rancho Murieta, Sacramento County, California
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1908
Builder
- Western Bridge & Construction Co. of Omaha, Nebraska
Design
Pin connected Pennsylvania Petit through truss bridge with A-frame portal bracing. Approach span is a riveted Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 227.0 ft.
Total length: 306.0 ft.
Deck width: 18.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.49217, -121.09140   (decimal degrees)
38°29'32" N, 121°05'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/666450/4262150 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
164 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Carbondale
Inventory number
BH 45394 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1908 (421)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
California (1,622)
Have street view (9,908)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned privately (543)
Pennsylvania truss (308)
Pin-connected (1,521)
Pony truss (13,217)
Preserved (652)
 Rancho Murieta, California (2)
Sacramento County, California (44)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Through truss (9,211)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,372)
Truss (23,575)
Warren pony truss (1,987)
Warren truss (3,961)
Western Bridge & Construction Co. (9)

Update Log 

  • June 26, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • June 26, 2012: Updated by K. A. Erickson: Added category "Western Bridge & Construction Co."
  • June 5, 2011: Updated by Jason Smith: Updated the bridge; this bridge is actually a Pennsylvania Petit through truss bridge with a Warren pony truss approach span
  • June 4, 2011: Updated by Craig Philpott: refined description, added photos
  • May 26, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott

Sources 

  • Craig Philpott - cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu
  • Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net
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Yellow Bridge
Posted June 26, 2012, by K. A. Erickson

I was reading over the NRHP application for Hospital Bridge and it mentioned that this bridge in Rancho Murieta was constructed by the Western Bridge and Construction Company of Omaha, Nebraska also.

Another "rare example of California bridges constructed by ..." It gives a year of 1908 and identifies such as a Parker truss ...

Yellow Bridge
Posted June 5, 2011, by Craig Philpott (cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu)

Thanks for the design pointers. This bridge is behind chain link fencing inside a private residence and golf community and access or lack is frustrating. There is a second bridge on the property as well and it is all private access.

Yellow Bridge
Posted June 5, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Looks like they got the YELLOW part right.......

Craig......Nice "drive-by" shooting!

Yellow Bridge
Posted June 5, 2011, by Jason Smith (JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net)

Don't worry, Nathan. I saw that too and changed it to reflect on the bridge type. Photos look really nice, though (Craig).

Yellow Bridge
Posted June 5, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Pratt truss? Looks like a Pennsylvania to me.