360º California - Sacramento City

Tower Bridge (Highway 275) (3)

In Mar 1926, construction was completed on the M Street Bridge in Sacramento. Seven years later, in 1933, the city realized that it needed a better crossing over the Sacramento River in case of war, and that the existing bridge was highly inadequate to handle heavy traffic. On Dec. 22, 1933, the State of California, Sacramento County, and the Sacramento Northern Electric Railroad (later the Sacramento Northern Railway) held a conference to plan the new bridge. It was to be 52 feet (16 m) wide, with four lanes for cars, and one large center lane for trains. On Dec 15, 1935, then-governor Frank Merriam dedicated the bridge. Currently, the bridge is used for pedestrian and vehicle traffic only.

Tower Bridge View from RiverFront Promemade

Old Sacramento (2)

Old Sacramento State Historic Park is the historic region of Sacramento, California, which has been designated as a state park. It is generally referred to as Old Sacramento, and since the 1960s has been restored and developed as a significant tourist attraction. Old Sacramento is also the site of the California State Railroad Museum. Other attractions available for visitors include rides in horse drawn carriages, historic trains from the former Central Pacific Railroad passenger station, and cruises on historic riverboats.

Sacramento Riverfront (0)

Sacramento lies at the confluence of two rivers, the Sacramento and the American, and is bordered to the south by the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta. The Cities of Sacramento and West Sacramento along with Yolo and Sacramento Counties, are uniquely positioned to take advantage of a number of converging factors to create one of the nations finest urban waterfronts.