Cosumnes River Pedestrian Bridge
Photos
Rancho Murieta pedestrian bridge
Google Earth image of private pedestrian bridge
Photo submitted by Craig Philpott
BH Photo #200219
Facts
- Overview
- Timber 3-span continuous Warren through truss bridge over Cosumnes River on Pedestrian Path
- Location
- Rancho Murieta, Sacramento County, California
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built 2007
- Builders
- - Quincy Engineering, Inc. of Sacramento, California (Substructure Engineer)
- Viking Construction Co. Inc. of Rancho Cordova, California (General Contractor)
- Western Wood Structures of Tualatin, Oregon (Superstructure Engineer & Fabricator)
- Design
- The bridge is a three-span, continuous Warren through truss bridge measuring 410’ long. It is made up of a 200’ center span (curved upper chord), with two 105’ side spans (parallel chord). NCSEA STRUCTURE
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 410.0 ft.
Deck width: 12.0 ft.
- Also called
- Cosumnes River Bridge
Rancho Murieta Wooden Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.49477, -121.08421 (decimal degrees)
38°29'41" N, 121°05'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/667071/4262451 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Carbondale
- Elevation
- 150 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 45395 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 5, 2015: Updated by Matt Lohry: Corrected truss type--this is NOT a bowstring truss bridge.
- December 3, 2015: New photo from Luke
- June 4, 2011: New photo from Craig Philpott
- May 26, 2010: Added by Craig Philpott
Sources
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
- Western Wood Structures - Imagery + Info
- Rancho Murieta - Article
- STRUCTURE Magazine - Article.pdf
- Matt Lohry
Comments
I agree with Royce, the design description was taken right from the magazine article, which was obviously written by someone without a knowledge of truss types. This is a 3-span continuous Warren truss; the outer spans have horizontal upper chords and the center span has a curved one. This is certainly not a bowstring truss, mainly because the curved upper chord does not connect to the lower chord at the piers. Also, the Warren configuration does not fit with the bowstring definition. In my opinion, it's much nicer looking than your typical MOB, as it's made of laminated wood rather than weathered steel. This community already is joined at the west end by a preserved historic truss bridge.
Is it me? This doesn't look like a bowstring truss to me.
Royce
But this one is made of wood
I would have added it if I could
My previous comment was wrong
This bridge does truly belong
A MOB of such great size
Will make you shield your eyes
Our bodies have such great reflexes
Not everything's bigger in Texas
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ca/sacramento/bh45395/
The confusion about type probably comes from the fact that modern pedestrian bridge companies typically call anything with a curved top chord a "bowstring."