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Rio Vista Bascule Bridge

Solano County, California

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Published prior to 1923

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BH Photo #366216

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren through truss bascule bridge over Sacramento River on CA-12
Location
Rio Vista, Solano County, California
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1919; replaced 1960
Builder
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
2 Warren through truss bascules
4 concrete through arches
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.15852, -121.68285   (decimal degrees)
38°09'31" N, 121°40'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/615395/4224222 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rio Vista
Inventory number
BH 73960 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,653)
Bascule (1,084)
Beam (16,882)
Built 1919 (550)
Built during 1910s (9,970)
California (2,711)
Lost (28,464)
Lost 1960 (91)
Lost during 1960s (930)
Machinery Counterweight Bridge Tower (40)
Movable (3,114)
 Rainbow arch (257)
Replaced by new bridge (19,357)
Rio Vista, California (2)
Solano County, California (49)
Steel stringer (6,712)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (178)
Strauss Heel Trunnion Bascule (54)
Through truss (16,775)
Truss (35,451)
Warren through truss (1,704)
Warren truss (7,001)

Update Log 

  • September 30, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 1, 2016: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • September 30, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added common name + additional span types
  • September 30, 2016: Added by Dave King

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