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Knights Landing Swing Bridge

Yolo County, California, and Sutter County, California

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Sacramento River on Road & Southern Pacific Railroad
Location
Knights Landing, Yolo County, California, and Sutter County, California
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1902; Road section removed ca. 1933; Removed ?
Railroad
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.80277, -121.71613   (decimal degrees)
38°48'10" N, 121°42'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/611482/4295673 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Knights Landing
Inventory number
BH 72184 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1902 (505)
Built during 1900s (7,012)
California (2,346)
Center Pivot Swing Span (82)
Knights Landing, California (3)
Lost (23,411)
Movable (2,894)
Navigable waterway (2,128)
One-lane traffic (7,547)
Owned by city (5,115)
Pin-connected (3,816)
Pratt through truss (5,207)
 Pratt truss (9,021)
Rail-and-Road (371)
Railroad (14,944)
Replaced by new bridge (15,631)
Sacramento River (46)
Southern Pacific Railroad (595)
Sutter County, California (21)
Swing (1,403)
Through truss (14,553)
Truss (31,949)
Yolo County, California (48)

Update Log 

  • June 2, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 14, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 14, 2016: Added by Luke

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Douglas Butler

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