Solano County, California Bridges: Andrews Park Bridges across Ulatis Creek

January 2014 (38.3578 Degrees, -121.9871 Degrees) Andrews Park Bridges

Andrews Park has a number of other interesting bridges. A utility bridge crosses over the river and the walkway that winds through the park. The longer spans of the utility bridge are trusses supported by reinforced concrete columns (and a cable-stay).

Continuing on the footpath we came upon a pair of pedestrian bridges that cross each other at Ulatis Creek. The lower structure is a concrete slab supported on two column bents. The higher structure is through truss with the deck above the bottom chord. There's a name for this kind of truss, which escapes me.

Continuing along the footpath that follows Ulatis Creek we came upon an arch bridge (23C0018) that was part of the original Lincoln Highway, the first road that traversed the United States. We'll take a closer look at this interesting bridge tomorrow.

Solano County, California Bridges: Andrews Park Bridges across Ulatis Creek by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.