CA 275/Tower Bridge

[Max Rockatansky]

(Turns out we didn't have a dedicated thread just for the Tower Bridge)

Since 1935 the Tower Bridge has served as a major crossing of the Sacramento River between the cities of Sacramento and West Sacramento.  The structure was built as a replacement of the M Street Bridge and originally was part of US Routes 40 and 99W.  By the late 1950s it would become the eastern terminus of the West Sacramento Freeway.

Following the completion of Interstate 80 through downtown in 1967 Sacramento the Tower Bridge would become part of California State Route 275.  Despite California State Route 275 being deleted by the Legislature in 1996 the Tower Bridge never was relinquished.  This relinquishment failure led to California State Route 275 being revived in 2010 comprising of only 0.14 miles of roadway.  California State Route 275 and the Tower Bridge currently comprise the shortest State Highway in the Caltrans inventory. 

https://www.gribblenation.org/2025/10/the-history-of-sacramentos-tower-bridge.html?m=1

[bing101]

I have used this for my commute to Sacramento before and I always thought CA-275 goes from US-50 to Capital Mall. Had no idea its been cut to just the Tower Bridge. Locals know this goes to the Downtown West Sacramento to Downtown Sacramento itself. I used this as an alternate route during the Fix US-50 project from a decade ago. 

[Max Rockatansky]

I have used this for my commute to Sacramento before and I always thought CA-275 goes from US-50 to Capital Mall. Had no idea its been cut to just the Tower Bridge. Locals know this goes to the Downtown West Sacramento to Downtown Sacramento itself. I used this as an alternate route during the Fix US-50 project from a decade ago.

It was part of the Sacramento area road meet earlier this year.  I took the blog cover photo a couple hours before the As v Mets game which six of us attended.  I did a generalized blog on Sacramento a couple years back but figured it would be a good time to do more in-depth stuff on the bridges.