Paintersville Bridge

Paintersville Bridge
View of the Paintersville Bridge in 2014
Coordinates	38°19′07″N 121°34′40″W / 38.318630°N 121.577730°W / 38.318630; -121.577730
Carries	2 lanes of SR 160
Crosses	Sacramento River
Locale	Sacramento County, California, U.S.
Owner	State of California
Maintained by	California Department of Transportation
ID number	NBI 24 0053
Characteristics
Design	Pratt through truss
Total length	179.2 m (588 ft)
Width	5.9 m (19 ft)
Longest span	68.9 m (226 ft)
Clearance below	4.19 m (13.7 ft)
History
Opened	1923; 103 years ago (1923)
Statistics
Daily traffic	1,550 (2009)
Location
Interactive map of Paintersville Bridge

The Paintersville Bridge is a bridge in the United States. Located in Northern California, it crosses the Sacramento River. Carrying California State Route 160, it connects Paintersville, an unincorporated community to the east of the bridge, and Sutter Island to the west.

History

In 1923, the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company, owned by Joseph Strauss, designed and constructed the Paintersville Bridge. It was designed to be a part of the Victory Highway, a transcontinental highway from San Francisco to New York City as the highway crossed through the California Delta region. Previously, a bridge tender's house was used to operate the bridge; it has since been replaced by a modern control panel operated by automated computer systems. In 1953, the original wooden deck was replaced with a steel grid deck, and the bridge was further rehabilitated in 2000.

Usage

The Paintersville Bridge carries California State Route 160 over the Sacramento River. SR 160 runs along the western bank of the river from Isleton and crosses the bridge to the eastern bank, after which it continues to run towards Sacramento. The bridge itself is 179.2 meters (588 ft) long and 5.9 meters (19 ft) wide, with a vertical clearance of 4.19 meters (13.7 ft) above the Sacramento river.

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