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