List of crossings of the Sacramento River
This is a list of the crossings of the Sacramento River from its mouth at Suisun Bay upstream to the Ribbon Bridge in Redding. There are many more bridges north of this point up to Lake Siskiyou, immediately east of the source of the river at the confluence of the South and Middle Forks of the Sacramento River. All locations are in California.
Crossings
[edit]| Crossing | NBI | Carries | Location | Built | Notes | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Vista Bridge | 23 0024 |  SR 12
|
Rio Vista and Sacramento County | 1944, reconstructed 1960[1] | Vertical lift bridge | 38°09′28″N 121°40′53″W / 38.15778°N 121.68139°W |
| Isleton Bridge | 24 0051 |  SR 160
|
Near Isleton | 1923, reconstructed 1953[2] | Bascule bridge by Joseph Baermann Strauss | 38°10′19″N 121°35′38″W / 38.17194°N 121.59389°W |
| Walnut Grove Bridge | 24C0005 | County Route J11 | Walnut Grove, California | 1952[3] | Bascule bridge | 38°14′32″N 121°30′54″W / 38.24222°N 121.51500°W |
| Paintersville Bridge | 24 0053 | SR 160
|
Paintersville, California | 1923, reconstructed 1952[4] | Bascule bridge | 38°19′07″N 121°34′40″W / 38.31861°N 121.57778°W |
| Freeport Bridge | 24C0001 | Freeport Bridge Road | Sacramento, California | 1929, reconstructed 1955[5] | Bascule bridge | 38°27′21″N 121°30′07″W / 38.45583°N 121.50194°W |
| Pioneer Memorial Bridge | 24 0004L / 24 0004R |   I-80 BL / US 50
|
Yolo County and Sacramento | 1966, reconstructed 1971 | Twin span deck girder bridges | 38°34′17″N 121°30′58″W / 38.57139°N 121.51611°W |
| Tower Bridge | 22 0021 |  SR 275
|
West Sacramento and Sacramento | 1934[6] | Vertical lift, most famous bridge in Sacramento | 38°34′50″N 121°30′30″W / 38.58056°N 121.50833°W |
| I Street Bridge | 22C0153 | I street, formerly SR 16 | 1911[7] | Swing bridge | 38°35′11″N 121°30′25″W / 38.58639°N 121.50694°W | |
| Caltrans Maintenance Worker Memorial Bridge[8] | 22 0026L / 22 0026R |  I-80
|
1971 | aka Bryte Bend Bridge | 38°35′54″N 121°32′52″W / 38.59833°N 121.54778°W | |
| Vietnam Servicemen Memorial Bridge[8] | 22 0025L / 22 0025R |  I-5
|
Yolo County and Sacramento | 1969[9] | aka Elkhorn Bridge | 38°40′24″N 121°37′36″W / 38.67333°N 121.62667°W |
| Knights Landing Bridge | 22 0040 |  SR 113
|
Knights Landing | 1933, rehabilitated 1949[10] | Bascule | 38°48′09″N 121°43′12″W / 38.80250°N 121.72000°W |
| Meridian Bridge | 18 0008 |  SR 20
|
Meridian | 1977[11] | Drawbridge | 39°08′44″N 121°55′04″W / 39.14556°N 121.91778°W |
| Highway bridge | 15C0001 | River Road | Colusa | 1980[12] | Replaced swing through-truss | 39°12′52″N 122°00′01″W / 39.21444°N 122.00028°W |
| Highway bridge | 11 0017 |  SR 162
|
Butte City | 1948, rehabilitated 1961[13] | 39°27′26″N 121°59′43″W / 39.45722°N 121.99528°W | |
| Ord Ferry Road Bridge | 12C0120 | Ord Ferry Road | Butte County | 1977 | 39°37′45″N 121°59′33″W / 39.62917°N 121.99250°W | |
| Gianella Bridge | 12 0054 |  SR 32
|
Hamilton City | 1911, reconstructed 1987[14] | 39°45′04″N 121°59′48″W / 39.75111°N 121.99667°W | |
| Woodson Bridge | 08C0006 | South Avenue (County Road A9) | Corning | 1975 | Concrete box girder | 39°54′33″N 122°05′32″W / 39.90917°N 122.09222°W |
| Tehama Railroad Bridge | 08C0002 | Aramayo Way | Tehama | 1977 | 40°01′41″N 122°07′10″W / 40.02806°N 122.11944°W | |
| Interstate 5 (II) | 08 0095L / 08 0095R | I-5
|
Red Bluff | 1964 | Twin span | 40°10′01″N 122°13′20″W / 40.16694°N 122.22222°W |
| Antelope Boulevard Bridge | 08 0023 |  SR 36
|
Red Bluff | 1938,[15] widened in 1971 | 40°10′41″N 122°13′52″W / 40.17806°N 122.23111°W | |
| Interstate 5 (I) | 08 0096L / 08 0096R | I-5
|
Red Bluff | 1964 | Twin span | 40°11′12″N 122°13′49″W / 40.18667°N 122.23028°W |
| Bend Ferry Road Bridge | 08C0017 | Bend Ferry Road | Tehama County | 1989 | 40°15′51″N 122°13′25″W / 40.26417°N 122.22361°W | |
| Jellys Ferry Road Bridge | 08C0043 | Jellys Ferry Road | Tehama County | 1949[16] | Through-truss | 40°19′02″N 122°11′23″W / 40.31722°N 122.18972°W |
| Ash Creek Road Bridge | 06C0019 | Shasta County Route A17 | Cottonwood | 1970 | 40°25′03″N 122°11′38″W / 40.41750°N 122.19389°W | |
| Deschutes Road Bridge | 06C0041 | Deschutes Road | Anderson | 1970 | 40°27′46″N 122°14′38″W / 40.46278°N 122.24389°W | |
| North Street Bridge | 06C0373 | North Street | Anderson | 2010 | Prestressed concrete box girder | 40°28′19″N 122°17′38″W / 40.47194°N 122.29389°W |
| Interstate 5 | 06 0128 | I-5
|
Anderson | 2000 | Twin span | 40°28′19″N 122°18′40″W / 40.47194°N 122.31111°W |
| South Bonnyview Road Bridge | 06C0136R / 06C0136L | South Bonnyview Road | Redding | 1978, twin bridge added in 1997 (eastbound traffic on new bridge) | 40°32′20″N 122°21′28″W / 40.53889°N 122.35778°W | |
| Cypress Avenue Bridge | 06C0108 | Cypress Avenue | Redding | Currently being widened | 40°34′20″N 122°22′23″W / 40.57222°N 122.37306°W | |
| Highway bridge | 06 0206 |  SR 44
|
Redding | 1965 | Formerly SR 299 | 40°35′10″N 122°22′07″W / 40.58611°N 122.36861°W |
| Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay | Pedestrian and bicycle traffic | Redding | 2004[17] | Designed by Santiago Calatrava, support tower forms gnomon of a large, albeit inaccurate, sundial | 40°35′32″N 122°22′39″W / 40.59222°N 122.37750°W | |
| Redding Police Officer Owen "Ted" Lyon Memorial Bridge | 06 0014 |   SR 273 / SR 299
|
Redding | 1935, widened 1961[18] | Steel stringer | 40°35′32″N 122°23′31″W / 40.59222°N 122.39194°W |
| Redding Trestle | SP and UP railroads | Redding | 1939[19] | Warren deck truss | 40°35′34″N 122°24′05″W / 40.59278°N 122.40139°W | |
| New Diestelhorst Bridge | 06C0352 | Benton Drive | Redding | 1996[20] | Open-spandrel arch | 40°35′34″N 122°24′06″W / 40.59278°N 122.40167°W |
| Diestelhorst Bridge | Pedestrian and bicycle traffic | Redding | 1915[21] | Concrete arch, closed to vehicular traffic in 1997 | 40°35′36″N 122°24′06″W / 40.59333°N 122.40167°W | |
| Ribbon Bridge | Pedestrian and bicycle traffic | Redding | 1990[22] | stress ribbon | 40°36′05″N 122°26′39″W / 40.60139°N 122.44417°W |
See also
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References
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- ^ "Freeport Bridge". bridgehunter. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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- ^ ""I" Street Bridge". bridgehunter. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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- ^ "Meridian Bridge". bridgehunter. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Colusa Bridge". bridgehunter. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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- ^ "Gianella Bridge". bridgehunter. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Centennial Bridge". bridgehunter. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Jellys Ferry Road Bridge". bridgehunter. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Sundial Bridge". bridgehunter. 17 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "CA273 Sacramento River Bridge". bridgehunter. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Redding Trestle". bridgehunter. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
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