Gianella Bridge

Gianella Bridge
Location CA 32, Hamilton City, California
Coordinates 39°45′4″N 121°59′46″W / 39.75111°N 121.99611°W / 39.75111; -121.99611Coordinates: 39°45′4″N 121°59′46″W / 39.75111°N 121.99611°W / 39.75111; -121.99611
Area less than one acre
Built 1937
Built by Cotton Brothers & Co., Contractors; Leonard,John B.
NRHP Reference # 82004614[1]
Added to NRHP July 8, 1982

The Gianella Bridge was a swing bridge that brought CA 32 across the Sacramento River at Hamilton City, California, between Glenn County and Butte County. It was built in 1937 by Cotton Brothers & Co., Contractors. Also known as Sacramento River Bridge at Hamilton City, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1] The bridge was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) in 1984. It was demolished in 1987 but remains NRHP-listed.

While a bridge was desired by both counties, there was disagreement about the location. Glenn County favored the Hamilton City location to support Hamilton, in Glenn County, and the sugar beet industry; Butte County favored a location closer to Chico, in Butte County. The deadlock was broken by influence of Swiss-born Vincenzo Gianella, a Butte County large landowner and sugar beet farmer.[2][3]

It was replaced by a concrete highway bridge and was removed in 1987.[3]

Nonetheless, the swing bridge remains listed on the NRHP as of 2013.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ John W. Snyder (November 26, 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gianella Bridge / Sacramento River Bridge at Hamilton City" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying photo from 1981
  3. 1 2 "Noehill Travels in California: National Register of Historic Places in Glenn County, California: Gianella Bridge".
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