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Foresthill Bridge is in tiptop shape |
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Written by Sentinel Staff
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Wednesday, 08 August 2007 |
State of California inspectors have given the Foresthill Bridge near Auburn a clean bill of health in the wake of the collapse of a similarly-built span in Minneapolis MN last week.
Foresthill Bridge, as seen from Clark's Hole along the American River. Photo by Don Chaddock.
Caltrans bridge specialists spent several hours inspecting the
2,428-foot-long span over the American River’s north fork last Friday
and said it was in “super shape,” according to District 3 Caltrans
spokesman Mark Dinger.
The County of Placer is responsible for maintaining the bridge, which
was erected in the early 1970s at a cost of $13 million as a unit of
the never-built Auburn Dam Project. It was opened to the public on
Labor Day, 1973. The bridge soars 730 feet — about 70 stories — above
the river.
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