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Sacramento Tower Bridge

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Sacramento Tower Bridge Plaque

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Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Vertical lift bridge over Sacramento River on CA 275 in West Sacramento
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1934
Design
Vertical lift
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 209.0 ft.
Total length: 737.9 ft.
Deck width: 51.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on June 24, 1982
Also called
Sacramento River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.58000, -121.50667   (decimal degrees)
38°34'48" N, 121°30'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/630074/4271227 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Sacramento West
Inventory numbers
CA 22-21 (California bridge number)
NRHP 82004845 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 11746 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2007)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 61.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
15,000

Update Log 

  • March 7, 2009: Updated by C Hanchey

Sources 

  • C Hanchey - cmh2315 [at] yahoo [dot] com