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Sacramento River Bridge

Siskiyou County, California

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Sacramento River Bridge

Photo taken by Michael Goff on April 18, 2010

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BH Photo #163118

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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Sacramento River on I-5 in Dunsmuir
Location
Siskiyou County, California
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1955; rehabilitated 1983
Design
Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 191.0 ft.
Total length: 579.1 ft.
Deck width: 83.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.22051, -122.27525   (decimal degrees)
41°13'14" N, 122°16'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
10/560748/4563489 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dunsmuir
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
18,000
Inventory numbers
CA 2-2 (California bridge number)
CA 02-2 (California bridge number)
BH 11578 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2018)
Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 81.1 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Arch (12,863)
Built 1955 (481)
Built during 1950s (4,073)
California (2,804)
Deck arch (12,080)
Flared (403)
Have street view (30,397)
Interstate 5 (40)
 Open (41,421)
Open-spandrel arch (826)
Owned by state (16,770)
Sacramento River (53)
Siskiyou County, California (58)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,123)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,198)
US 99 (78)

Update Log 

  • December 7, 2015: New Street View added by Craig Philpott
  • October 31, 2010: New photo from Craig Philpott
  • April 20, 2010: New photos from Michael Goff
  • July 23, 2009: New photos from Michael Goff
  • June 30, 2008: New photo from Michael Goff

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Sources 

  • Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Craig Philpott - craigphilpott63 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Sacramento River Bridge
Posted April 15, 2021, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Geoff,

Thanks, I have moved that photo accordingly to this page:

https://bridgehunter.com/ca/siskiyou/dunsmuir-avenue/

Sacramento River Bridge
Posted April 15, 2021, by Geoff Hubbs (geoffrey [dot] hubbs [at] att [dot] net)

I think Photo #6 is of the parallel (now gone) Dunsmuir Avenue bridge.

Sacramento River Bridge
Posted October 31, 2010, by Craig Philpott (cphilpott [at] puc [dot] edu)

Well, put me down as the ignorant traveler, how many times have I crossed this span and not realized there was a 1950's open spandrel arch underneath!