Feather River Bridge (Pre 1910)

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Feather River Bridge

Source: California Highways, A descriptive record of road development by the state and by such counties as have paved highways. By Ben Blow, 1920, Google Books

Photo submitted by Craig Philpott

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Description

Nicolaus, CA (Wikipedia): "The State Highway used to go through the town but a major flood in 1955 tore out the bridge over the Feather River and the town's commercial district has declined since that time."

CA-99 (Wikipedia): "Sacramento and Sutter counties continued the road alongside the Sacramento River and Feather River to Nicolaus, where an existing county road crossed the river on a drawbridge and ran north to the East Side Highway at Yuba City."

Facts

Overview: Lost Through truss bridge over Feather River on CA 99
Location: Sutter County, California
Status: Destroyed by flooding
History: Built before 1910 (shown on 1910 topo map); Destroyed by flooding 1955; Replaced 1958
Design: Through truss swing drawbridge
Also called: Hwy 99 Feather River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.90462, -121.58403 (decimal degrees)
38°54'17" N, 121°35'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 10/622778/4307145 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Nicolaus
Inventory number: BH 49029 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

July 3, 2011: Added by Craig Philpott

Related Bridges

Feather River Bridge (1958) (Successor)
Nicolaus Ferry (Predecessor)

Sources

Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
Douglas Butler
Wikipedia - Info on ferry and flooding of old bridge.
Wikipedia - Mention of "existing county road crossed the river on a drawbridge" at Nicolaus