Foresthill Bridge

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bridge_name=Foresthill Bridge


caption=Southern face of the Auburn-Foresthill Bridge
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carries=Automobiles, Pedestrian traffic
crosses=American River
locale=Sierra Nevada, California
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mainspan=2,428 feet
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height=730 feet (223 m)
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traffic=low
open=1973
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lat=38.922041
long=-121.039166The Foresthill Bridge over the American River is the tallest bridge in the U.S. state of California. 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. It was built in 1971 by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and opened in 1973. The bridge spans the North Fork of the American River between the towns of Auburn and Foresthill in the Sierra Foothills [Structurae|id=s0004661|title=Auburn-Foresthill Bridge] . 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.

The bridge can be seen in the beginning of the action movie xXx [ [http://imdb.com/title/tt0295701/trivia xXx (2002) - Trivia ] ] 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.

References

External links

* [http://www.placercountyhistoricalsociety.org/Histories/Bridge.htm Placer County Historical Society]
* [http://www.foothill.net/~andreaj/Bridge.htm Foresthill Bridge]