Rating:
11295
{64}%
2 votes
Isleton Bridge
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Hwy 160 at Isleton
Looking NW
Photo taken by Craig Philpott in February 2010
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BH Photo #155429
Description
The Isleton Bridge is one of the very few unmodified examples in California of the Strauss Heel Trunnion Bascule Bridge. It was also a link in the Victory Highway, a transcontinental highway, and played an integral part in transportation and agricultural history in the California Delta Region.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Sacramento River on CA 160
- Location
- Sacramento County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1923; rehabilitated 1953
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York (Fabricator)
- Charles W. Deterding (Engineer)
- Jenkins & Elton (Contractor)
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Bascule Design)
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 226.1 ft.
Total length: 624.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.8 ft.
- Recognition
-
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Sacramento River Bridge
Isleton Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.17175, -121.59355 (decimal degrees)
38°10'18" N, 121°35'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/623196/4225806 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Isleton
- Elevation
- 17 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
- 2,150
- Inventory numbers
- CA 24-51 (California bridge number)
BH 11295 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of April 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 33.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- May 18, 2018: New Street View added by Leslie R trick
- March 22, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
- July 25, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- December 1, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- October 5, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- February 1, 2012: HAER photos posted by Michael Goff
- January 14, 2012: New photo from Larry Matthews
- March 8, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added street view
- February 17, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: Added Builder info
Sources
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Larry Matthews
- HAER CA-55 - Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River South of Locke, Isleton, Sacramento County, CA
- Douglas Butler
- Leslie R Trick - Leslie [dot] Trick [at] gmail [dot] com
The Isleton Bridge from the water.