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Colusa Bridge

Colusa County, California

Photos 

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #159470

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss swing bridge over Sacramento River on Bridge Street
Location
Colusa, Colusa County, California
Status
Bridge replaced 1980
History
Built in 1901; rehabilitated in 1947-8, replaced 1980
Builders
- Charles A. de St. Maurice (Designer)
- Colusa Stone Co. (Builder)
Design
Swing span
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 240.0 ft.
Total length: 600.0 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.5 ft.
Also called
Bridge Street Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.21437, -122.00010   (decimal degrees)
39°12'52" N, 122°00'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/586322/4341041 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Colusa
Inventory number
BH 44635 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1901 (533)
Built during 1900s (7,041)
California (2,367)
Center Pivot Swing Span (82)
Charles A. de St. Maurice (1)
Colusa County, California (14)
Colusa Stone Co. (1)
Colusa, California (1)
Have street view (26,237)
Lost (23,693)
Lost 1980 (90)
Lost during 1980s (1,314)
 Movable (2,904)
Navigable waterway (2,126)
Owned by city (5,183)
Pratt through truss (5,258)
Pratt truss (9,097)
Replaced by new bridge (15,829)
Sacramento River (47)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,964)
Swing (1,409)
Through truss (14,673)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,788)
Truss (32,171)

Update Log 

  • May 22, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added photos and history details
  • March 27, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Corrected GPS data, added street view, updated status
  • March 27, 2010: Added by Jason Smith

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Sources 

  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler

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