San Joaquin County, California Bridges: South Bacon Island Road Bridge across the Middle River

April 2014 (37.95608 Degrees, -121.52795 Degrees) South Bacon Island Road Bridge

A second South Bacon Island Road Bridge (29C0108) crosses the Middle River a little south of yesterday's bridge. The current bridge is a 975 ft long concrete trestle with a 120 ft long steel girder swing bridge across the channel that was built in 1995. 

A previous bridge had been built in 1905 at this site. It was photographed by the Library of Congress and documented for its historic significance: 'The Bacon Island Road Bridge is the oldest highway swing span bridge in California. It is important in local history for its relation to agricultural and economic development in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. It is the work of an unknown bridge company which utilized Carnegie Steel and U.S. Steel Company components.'

San Joaquin County, California Bridges: South Bacon Island Road Bridge across the Middle River by Mark Yashinsky is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.