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Bacon Island Road Bridge
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Bacon Island Bridge
Looking NW
Photo taken by Craig Philpott in March 2010
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BH Photo #157982
Description
Built 1906, moved to this location 1950. When demolished was the oldest movable truss span in California.
Facts
- Overview
- Swing bridge over Middle River on Bacon Island Road
- Location
- San Joaquin County, California
- Status
- Lost, replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1906, moved to this location 1950, replaced 1995
- Design
- Thru truss swing bridge
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 314.0 ft.
Total length: 975.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.95608, -121.52795 (decimal degrees)
37°57'22" N, 121°31'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/629322/4201964 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Woodward Island
- Elevation
- 9 ft. above sea level
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 480
- Inventory numbers
- CA 29C-108 (California bridge number)
BH 11427 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of February 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 71.7 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- February 6, 2012: HAER photos posted by Mike Goff
- October 19, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: updated data to reflect original historical bridge
- March 13, 2010: Updated by Craig Philpott: added photos and street view
Sources
- Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
- HAER CA-160 - Bacon Island Road Bridge, Spanning Middle River at Bacon Island Road, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA
- Douglas Butler
I finally found a photo of the original swing bridge in the book: Historic Highway Bridges of California, published by, California Department of Transportation, (out of print). The original bridge was replaced by one of the most uninspiring movable bridges I have seen in this region.