National Register #82004845
Tower Bridge
State Highway 275 Across Sacramento River
Sacramento
Built 1934-1936
The Streamline Moderne Tower Bridge was the only vertical lift span bridge in California when it opened in 1936.
As constructed, the Tower Bridge contained two lanes for traffic, two sidewalks for pedestrians, and railroad tracks
for the Sacramento Northern Railway. When the Sacramento Northern Railway moved to the I Street Bridge
In 1963, the tracks were replaced with automobile lanes.
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