Steamboat Landing drawbridge - Delta CA
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sbcamper
N 38° 18.306 W 121° 34.487
10S E 624613 N 4240628
Built in 1924. Signal controlled. Another yellow bridge crossing from one San Joaquin Delta island to another. This one has a reflective mirror at the intersection before the north end of the bridge.
Waymark Code: WMQWW9
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/07/2016
Views: 2
The drawbridges were operator controlled. Now there is a summer season and outside of that, one must phone and wait for an operator.
Bascule bridges were a novelty west of the Mississippi when this one was constructed.
Vertical clearance is 14 feet 10 inches.
Daily traffic is estimated (2009) at 1,550 vehicles / day.
Parts from the Strauss Co. of Chicago Illinois.
The deck width is 17.4 ft. It is considered structurally obsolete.
Detail includes a steel grate deck.
Characteristic of a 'bascule bridge" is the counterweights. It is NRHP eligible.
Bridge Type: Drawbridge (Bascule Bridge)
Built: 01/01/1929
Span: 588 feet
Bicycle Traffic: yes
Vehicular Traffic: yes
Railway Traffic: no
Pedestrian Traffic: Not Listed
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