Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State Highway 275, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA

Significance: The Sacramento River Bridge, also known as the Tower Bridge, and as the M Street Bridge, when built, was determined eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 and listed in the Register in 1982. The bridge represents a rare use of Streamlined Moderne architectural styling in a lift bridge, making it an outstanding expression of the social and architectural climate of the period. It was also a major link in transcontinental highway U.S. 40, and has long served as the main formal gateway to California's capital city.

Survey number: HAER CA-73

Building/structure dates: 1934- 1936 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1990 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1992 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 82004845

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1969 - 1980

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