Isleton Bridge

Isleton Bridge
Isleton Bridge
	Isleton Bridge in 2007
Coordinates	38°10′19″N 121°35′38″W / 38.17194°N 121.59389°W
Carries	SR 160
Crosses	Sacramento River
Locale	Isleton, California
Maintained by	Caltrans
Characteristics
Design	Tied arch and bascule
Material	Concrete, steel
Total length	624 feet (190 m)
Width	18 feet (5.5 m)
Height	21 feet (6.4 m)
Longest span	226 feet (69 m)
No. of spans	9
Piers in water	8
Clearance above	14.8 feet (4.5 m)
History
Designer	Charles W. Deterding and Joseph Strauss
Constructed by	Jenkins & Elton
Construction end	1923
Location

Isleton Bridge is a historic bascule bridge carrying California State Route 160 across the Sacramento River north of Isleton, California, built in 1923. There are two concrete tied arch spans, each 102 feet (31 m) long, to the east of the main bascule span, which is 226 feet (69 m) long, and four concrete girder spans. The bridge was designed by Sacramento County engineer Charles W. Deterding, with the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company of Chicago designing the bascule span. Steel portions of the bridge were fabricated by the American Bridge Company and the bridge was constructed by Jenkins & Elton of Sacramento.^[1]

References

^ Nayyar, Margo; Swim, Tory; Scott, Gloria. "Isleton Bridge (Bridge No. 24-51)" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved 2014-12-15.