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The Jibboom Street Bridge is a swing-span located at the American River in the city of Sacramento.  Said structure was originally built to replace a broken portion of the Webster Street Bridge at Oakland Estuary in 1926.  Following the opening of the Posey Tube in 1928 the Webster Street Bridge would be dismantled and relocated to the American River in 1931 near Sacramento as an extension of Jibboom Street. The Jibboom Street Bridge would become part of Legislative Route Number 232 in 1958 and California State Route 24 by June 1959.  The span was considered for a time as a new alignment of US Route 99E given it directly connected Sacramento to Marysville.  Following the 1964 State Highway Renumbering the bridge would carry both California State Route 99 and 70 for several years until Interstate 5 north of downtown Sacramento was completed.  Since 1969 the swing-span of the Jibboom Street Bridge has been rendered inoperable.  The structure now is the primary...

The Arthur Laing Bridge is a 1,676-meter-long Cantilever span over the North Arm of the Fraser River which opened in 1975.  This structure connects the Marpole neighborhood in Vancouver directly to the main terminal at Vancouver International Airport.  Functionally the Arthur Laing Bridge was a replacement for the North Arm of the Marpole Bridge which had closed in 1957. Part 1; the history of the Arthur Laing Bridge The Arthur Laing Bridge spans the North Arm Fraser River between Sea Island (previously part of South Eburne) in the city of Richmond and Marpole neighborhood of Vancouver.  The current structure was proceeded by a portion of the Marpole Bridge. Construction of the Marpole Bridge began in 1888 and was built by the San Francisco Bridge company.  The Marpole Bridge was designed as two timber truss spans which was connected via steel swing spans.  One part of the bridge crossed the Middle Arm Fraser River from Lulu Island (via Duck Island) whereas the ...

The Foresthill Bridge is structure which carries Foresthill Road over the North Fork American River near Auburn of Placer County.  This 2,428-foot-long structure is one of the most famous bridges in California due to it carrying a road deck height of 730 feet.  The Foresthill Bridge was completed in 1973 amid construction of Auburn Dam.  The ultimate failure of the Auburn Dam construction project has ensured the bridge remains the highest in the state.   Part 1; the history of the Foresthill Bridge The Foresthill Bridge is named after the Gold Rush era community of Foresthill.  The community of Foresthill is located in Todd Valley on a ridge between the North Fork and Middle Fork of the American River.  The community was plotted in the Spring of 1850 during at a trail junction between Yankee Jim's and Coloma.  Mining activity in Foresthill began to take off during 1853 after discovery of gold in a nearby canyon after a landslide.  Foresthill ...