[Local Landmark] Tower Bridge / Sacramento, California

[LegoManTroy]

Hello everyone,

This is my entry for the local landmark architecture competition. The Sacramento Tower Bridge...

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The Tower Bridge is a vertical lift bridge across the Sacramento River, linking West Sacramento in Yolo County to the west, with the capital of California, Sacramento, in Sacramento County to the east. It was previously part of U.S. Route 40 until that highway was truncated to east of Salt Lake City. The bridge is maintained by the California State Department of Transportation as part of State Route 275 and connects West Capital Avenue and Tower Bridge Gateway in West Sacramento with the Capital Mall in Sacramento.

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The Tower bridge replaced the 1911 M Street Bridge in Sacramento. On December 22, 1933, the State of California, Sacramento County, and the Sacramento Northern Railway held a conference plan to the new bridge, with an agreement reached on March 8, 1934. On December 15, 1935, then-governor Frank Merriam dedicated the bridge, and led the inaugural crossing parade across it.

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In 1982, the Tower Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places...

Sacramento_Tower_Bridge_(2007) by wilsontroy24, on Flickr

This was a fun building competition and I enjoyed it over the month, thanks!

[LegoManTroy]

The bridge was also repainted in 2007 so it looks more golden.