Sacramento County, California Bridges: Alder Creek Footbridge

September 2013 (38.63749 Degrees, -121.20748 Degrees) Alder Creek Footbridge

Heading west on the Auxiliary Bike Trail I crossed over a long Glulam beam bridge on two column steel bents over Alder Creek. Its a nine span, 275 ft long bridge, and so each beam was about 30 ft long (and not very deep).

The two column bents look like they are made out of driven H piles with a steel bent cap set on top. Steel brackets connect the top of the bent caps to the Glulam beams.

Something I noticed while I was standing beside the bridge was how much noise the bicycles made crossing it. Maybe it was just loose timber planking but something was doing a lot of banging as the bikes rode over the bridge.

There must be over a hundred bicycle bridges that are part of the Jebediah Smith Bike Trail. The trail was crowded with families picnicking, boating, bicycling, and hiking when I made this trip during 'Labor Day' weekend.

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Calaveras County, California Bridges: Angels Foot Bridge

May 2013 (38.06707 Degrees, -120. 53904 Degrees) Angels Foot Bridge

While I was wandering around trying to find access to Angel's Creek to get a good photo of the 1909 arch bridge, I came upon this timber footbridge. There was a plaque beside the bridge, which says, "Angels Footbridge was constructed in the 1890s to provide access to Angels Grammar School for children living south of Angel's Creek. The bridge washed out in the flood of 1909 and was rebuilt in 1916. After the grammar school joined with Altaville Grammar School as Mark Twain Union Elementary in 1950, the bridge was no longer needed. When it was condemned in 1966, a community campaign was organized to save it. When it needed to be restored again, Ruby Parlor #46, Native Daughters of the Golden West donated the money to rebuild it in 1995."

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