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Pages in category "Suspension bridges in California" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
California Reclamation Districts are legal subdivisions within California's Central Valley that are responsible for managing and maintaining the levees, fresh water channels, or sloughs (pronounced slü), [1] canals, pumps, and other flood protection structures in the area. Each is run autonomously and is run by an elected board and funded with ...
At the time of its opening in 1967, the Guy West Bridge was hailed as the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the United States. [2] The bridge cost approximately US$636,000 (equivalent to $5,810,000 in 2023) to construct, [ 1 ] and it was named a special prize winner in the 1968 AISC steel bridges contest. [ 3 ]
The original Bidwell Bar Bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. The $35,000, 240-foot-long (73 m) original was completed in December 1855, and was built of materials transported from Troy, New York , via Cape Horn .
The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot-long (460 m) suspension bridge, crossing Los Angeles Harbor in Los Angeles, California, linking San Pedro with Terminal Island. It is the only suspension bridge in the Greater Los Angeles area. The bridge is part of State Route 47, which is also known as the Seaside Freeway.
Chalk Bluff is the name of the ridge which lies between Greenhorn and Steephollow Creeks in Nevada County. It runs in a northeasterly direction for about 10 miles, and sits atop a "lead" of auriferous gravel, which intersects the fabled "Blue Lead" which runs from the San Juan Ridge through Red Dog and You Bet towards Placer County. [1]
A California Senate report released Thursday said that Department of Transportation managers "gagged and banished" at least nine top experts for the new $6.5 billion San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge after they complained about substandard work by the Shanghai, China, firm that built much of the span. [112]
The Lake Hodges Bridge is a component of Interstate 15 that spans Lake Hodges in San Diego, California, just south of the city limits of Escondido. It is an important part of San Diego's north–south transportation axis. Depending on the amount of rainfall in San Diego County, Lake Hodges's water level fluctuates significantly.