The Tower Bridge - Sacramento, CA - Truss Bridges on Waymarking.com

The Tower Bridge, a vertical-lift span, was opened for traffic on December 15, 1935 and was built at a cost of $994,000. The State Department of Public Works, the City and the County of Sacramento and the Federal Government built the bridge.
It is 737 feet long. The central-lift span is a 209 foot truss supported by two vertical towers 160 feet tall.

The bridge originally featured an interurban railroad separating the two directs of highway travel. The track was removed from the bridge in 1962.

Information was taken from a nearby plaque.

Parking Coordinates:: N 38° 34.724 W 121° 30.453 Date Built: 12/15/1935 Length of Span: 737 feet long www: http://home.pacbell.net/hywaymn/tower_bridge_history.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Bridge_(California)

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