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Richmond - San Rafael Bridge From San Rafael Shore Photo taken by Michael Goff on April 18, 2008 |
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Richmond - San Rafael Bridge Photo taken by Michael Goff on April 18, 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Double deck cantilever truss bridge over San Pablo Bay on I-580 in Richmond
- Location
- Richmond, Contra Costa County, California
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1956, Seismic Retrofit Completed 2005
- Design
- The Richmond/San Rafael Bridge is a double deck cantilever and continous truss bridge. The bridge spans twin shipping channels with two cantilever spans. The bridge also was designed with a "Sway Back" to save on steel costs.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 1,087.0 ft.
Total length: 21,346.2 ft.
Deck width: 72.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Also called
- San Pablo Bay Bridge
John F. McCarthy Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.93500, -122.44500 (decimal degrees)
37°56'06" N, 122°26'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/548770/4198748 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- San Quentin
- Inventory numbers
- CA 28-100 (California bridge number)
BH 10852 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 12/2007)
- Sufficiency rating: 71.9 (out of 100)
- Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
- 74,000
Sources
- Michael Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] odot [dot] state [dot] or [dot] us