Napa County, California Bridges: Bale Lane Bridge across the Napa River

December 2013 (38.55641 Degrees, -122.50633 Degrees) Bale Lane Bridge

Continuing northwest we drove over the Bale Lane Bridge (21C0048) across the Napa River. This bridge is identical to yesterday's Lodi Lane Bridge. It's another 100 ft long single span pony truss with a 17 ft wide deck, but built in 1937. Napa County must have found it cheaper in the 1930s to place a steel truss span on a couple of concrete abutments rather that having to built a stone arch. Also a lot more water can go under these pony trusses without causing a flood.

Napa County, California Bridges: Bale Lane Bridge across the Napa River by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.