Tower Bridge (Sacramento, California)

Tower Bridge
The Tower Bridge just after sunset
Coordinates	38°34′50″N 121°30′30″W / 38.580556°N 121.508333°W / 38.580556; -121.508333
Carries	Cars, bicycles, pedestrians, and previously railroad on 4 vehicle lanes and 2 bicycle lanes of SR 275 (Tower Bridge Gateway/Capitol Mall)
Crosses	Sacramento River, West Sacramento/Sacramento city limits, and Yolo/Sacramento county line
Locale	West Sacramento and Sacramento, California
Maintained by	Caltrans
NBI	22 0021
Characteristics
Design	Vertical lift bridge
Total length	737 ft (225 m)
Width	52 ft (16 m)
Height	160 ft (49 m)
Longest span	209 ft (64 m) lift span
No. of spans	8
Piers in water	2
Clearance below	100 ft (30 m) above high water
History
Architect	Alfred Eichler
Constructed by	George Pollock & Company
Construction cost	US$994,000 (equivalent to $22,090,000 in 2023)
Opened	December 15, 1935
Replaces	1910 Sacramento Northern Railway swing through-truss bridge
Tower Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Architect	Alfred Eichler
Architectural style	Span Drive Type
NRHP reference No.	82004845
Designated	1982
Location
References
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The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River, linking West Sacramento in Yolo County to the west, with the capital of California, Sacramento, in Sacramento County to the east. It has also been known as M Street Bridge. It was previously a part of U.S. Route 40 until that highway was truncated to east of Salt Lake City as well as US Route 99W, which served the western portion of the Sacramento Valley from Sacramento to Red Bluff. The bridge is maintained by the California Department of Transportation as part of State Route 275 and connects West Capitol Avenue and Tower Bridge Gateway in West Sacramento with the Capitol Mall in Sacramento.

In 1982, the Tower Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[3]