Thursday, April 2, 2015

Shasta County, California Bridges: Lake Redding and Diestelhorst Bridges

October 2014 (40.5930, -122.4018) Sacramento River Bridges
The Diestelhorst Bridge is a five span open spandrel arch bridge built in 1915 on land originally owned by Gotlieb Diestelhorst. The designer was A V Spah and the builder was Chico Construction. It was converted to a bike and pedestrian bridge with vehicular traffic diverted onto the Lake Redding Bridge in 1997. The new bridge has the same general shape as the old bridge but is more modern and streamlined in appearance. Note the bottom of the arches come together in a 'U' shape and they're pinned longitudinally at the caissons. The substructure is quite narrow with wide overhangs on the superstructure. This bridge was designed by Mark Ketchum whose other bridges (Carquinez Suspension Bridge, University Avenue POC) have been admired on this website.
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