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The Ruck-A-Chucky Bridge plan proposal for the upper end of the reservoir. This one-of-a-kind cable stayed bridge might have been completed if the Auburn Dam was built. The span would have had no bridge piers or towers - the cables would have been anchored directly into the side of the mountain. | The Ruck-A-Chucky Bridge plan proposal for the upper end of the reservoir. This one-of-a-kind cable stayed bridge might have been completed if the Auburn Dam was built. The span would have had no bridge piers or towers - the cables would have been anchored directly into the side of the mountain. | ||
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| + | Ruck-A-Chucky Bridge location on the Middle Fork of the American River about 10 miles northeast of the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge. | ||
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| + | The Bridge would have been located just downstream of the Ruck-A-Chucky Rapids and connected Sliger Mine Road with McKeon Ponderosa Way. | ||
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Revision as of 02:52, 29 March 2010
The Ruck-A-Chucky Bridge plan proposal for the upper end of the reservoir. This one-of-a-kind cable stayed bridge might have been completed if the Auburn Dam was built. The span would have had no bridge piers or towers - the cables would have been anchored directly into the side of the mountain.
Ruck-A-Chucky Bridge location on the Middle Fork of the American River about 10 miles northeast of the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge.
The Bridge would have been located just downstream of the Ruck-A-Chucky Rapids and connected Sliger Mine Road with McKeon Ponderosa Way.
Auburn-Foresthill and Phil G McDonald Bridge size comparison
Auburn-Foresthill is the world's highest cantilever bridge at 730 feet (223 mtrs) while Phil G McDonald is the world's highest truss bridge at 700 feet (213 mtrs).
New River Gorge and Auburn-Foresthill Bridge size comparison
Siduhe River and Auburn-Foresthill Bridge size comparison
