| Foresthill Bridge | |
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 Southern face of the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge |
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| Carries | Automobiles, Pedestrian traffic |
| Crosses | American River |
| Locale | Sierra Nevada, California |
| Longest span | 2,428 feet |
| Height | 730 feet (223 m) |
| AADT | low |
| Opening date | 1973 |
| Maps and aerial photos | |
The Foresthill Bridge over the American River is the tallest bridge in the U.S. state of California. American River ( Río de los Americanos in the Mexican period located in the US state of California, has a prominent place in United States history for The Sierra Nevada ( Spanish for "Snowy Range" is a Mountain range located in the U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Annual average daily traffic, abbrevated AADT, is a measure used primarily in Transportation planning and transportation engineering. American River ( Río de los Americanos in the Mexican period located in the US state of California, has a prominent place in United States history for A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is sometimes referred to as the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge or the Auburn Bridge.
Originally constructed to accompany the Auburn Dam, the bridge stands 730 feet above the riverbed. The Auburn Dam was an engineering project intended to dam the American River in Northern California and provide flood protection and water to the Sacramento Valley It was built in 1971 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and opened in 1973. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The bridge spans the North Fork of the American River between the towns of Auburn and Foresthill in the Sierra Foothills [1]. Auburn is a city in and the County seat of Placer County, California, United States. Foresthill is a Census-designated place (CDP in Placer County, California, United States. Pedestrians can walk the length of the bridge in both directions. There is anti-Auburn Dam graffiti, showing protest of the planned dam, on the bridge's underside. The bridge has become a popular site for BASE jumping. BASE jumping is involving the use of a Parachute or the sequenced use of a Wingsuit and parachute to jump from fixed objects--with the parachute unopened at the jump
The bridge can be seen in the beginning of the action movie xXx [2] in which Vin Diesel's character Xander Cage is seen driving a stolen red Chevrolet Corvette off of it, then jumping from the car mid-flight and parachuting to his accomplices at the bottom of Auburn Ravine. XXX may refer to XXX an identifier for Pornography, especially X-rated movies 30 (number, XXX in Roman numerals Vin Diesel (born Mark Sinclair Vincent; July 18 1967 is an American actor writer, director, and producer. XXX may refer to XXX an identifier for Pornography, especially X-rated movies 30 (number, XXX in Roman numerals The Chevrolet Corvette is a Sports car that has been manufactured by General Motors since 1953 Parachuting, also known as skydiving is where a person jumps from enough height so that he can deploy a fabric Parachute and land safely
References
- ^ Auburn-Foresthill Bridge in the Structurae database
- ^ xXx (2002) - Trivia