SR 162 Sacramento River Bridge

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News on the planned bridge replacement project on SR 162 at the Sacramento River near Butte City, California:

http://www.appeal-democrat.com/glenn_county_transcript/caltrans-reconsiders-highway-demolition-project/article_31561d52-daa1-11e5-9921-3b871a94522f.html

Caltrans will go back to the drawing board and reconsider a number of alternatives to demolishing and replacing the Sacramento River Bridge on Highway 162 near Butte City. ...

As the project was proposed last week, Caltrans would demolish the current steel truss bridge – built in 1947 and no longer earthquake-safe – and build a new one along the current road alignment.

The project would close Highway 162 at the crossing for 18 months, spanning from June 2020 to November 2021. Caltrans proposed redirecting traffic – an average of 2,400 vehicles per day, 20 percent of which are trucks – on a 34-mile detour to use the bridge at Ordbend.