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The Guy West Bridge is a suspension bridge for pedestrian and bicycle traffic spanning the American River in Sacramento in Sacramento County, California, linking the campus of California State University, Sacramento with the neighboring Campus Commons student housing development.
Gien Bridge (Loiret, France) – Masonry piers, protected downstream here by backwaters. In masonry bridge piers, there is a resistant part and a filling part: [6] The periphery of the shafts over a certain thickness constitutes the resistant part, made of dressed stones in the angles and squared or even rough stones.
The largest masonry bridge in the United States is the James J. Hill Bridge over the Mississippi River, built in 1883 by railroad magnate James J. Hill, who wanted to impress his fellow citizens by building a structure that would honor him. It is 752.5 meters long and has 23 limestone arches with a full arch span of 23.49 meters.
The masonry arch bridges of stone or brick are the most genuine of arch bridges, some lasting a thousand years. Because they are made of worked stone, there is a slight chance they might even stand without mortar, like the Pont du Gard aqueduct. Yet arch bridges using rough hewn stones like Changhong Bridge need mortar to stand.
Piers in California. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. Piers in Los Angeles County, California (11 P) S. Piers in ...
Highway Bridges of California MPS I Street Bridge: 1910, 1911 1982-04-22 ... Masonry arch: Oaklawn Bridge and Waiting Station: 1906 1973-07-16 South Pasadena
The Pont du Gard (c.19 BC), Nîmes; 3 rows of piers with arches springing from them to support the bridge. A pier, in architecture, is an upright support for a structure or superstructure such as an arch or bridge. Sections of structural walls between openings (bays) can function as piers.
Colusa Bridge Replaced Swing span: 1901 1979 River Road Sacramento River: Colusa: Colusa: CA-9 CA-129: Van Duzen Bridge Replaced Reinforced concrete open-spandrel arch: 1925 1981 1991 US 101: Van Duzen River: Carlotta: Humboldt