Gianella Bridge
Gianella Bridge
|
|
Location | CA 32, Hamilton City, California |
---|---|
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1937 |
Built by | Cotton Brothers & Co., Contractors; Leonard,John B. |
NRHP Reference # | 82004614[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 8, 1982 |
The Gianella Bridge was a swing bridge that brought CA 32 across the Sacramento River at Hamilton City, California, between Glenn County and Butte County. It was built in 1937 by Cotton Brothers & Co., Contractors. Also known as Sacramento River Bridge at Hamilton City, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] The bridge was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) in 1984. It was demolished in 1987 but remains NRHP-listed.
While a bridge was desired by both counties, there was disagreement about the location. Glenn County favored the Hamilton City location to support Hamilton, in Glenn County, and the sugar beet industry; Butte County favored a location closer to Chico, in Butte County. The deadlock was broken by influence of Swiss-born Vincenzo Gianella, a Butte County large landowner and sugar beet farmer.[2][3]
It was replaced by a concrete highway bridge and was removed in 1987.[3]
Nonetheless, the swing bridge remains listed on the NRHP as of 2013.[1]
References
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gianella Bridge. |
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CA-44, "Gianella Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at State Highway 32, Hamilton City vicinity, Glenn County, CA"
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in California
- Bridges completed in 1937
- Buildings and structures in Glenn County, California
- Bridges in California
- Historic American Engineering Record in California
- Drawbridges on the National Register of Historic Places
- Swing bridges in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Glenn County, California
- Sacramento Valley Registered Historic Place stubs
- Western United States bridge (structure) stubs
- California building and structure stubs
- California transportation stubs