Antioch Bridge

Antioch Bridge
View from southwest in 2014
Coordinates38°01′28″N 121°45′02″W / 38.0244°N 121.7506°W / 38.0244; -121.7506
Carries
  • 2 lanes of SR 160
  • Bicycles and pedestrians
CrossesSan Joaquin River
LocaleAntioch, California,
and Sacramento County,
California, U.S.
Official nameSenator John A. Nejedly Bridge[1]
OwnerState of California
Maintained byCalifornia Department of Transportation and the
Bay Area Toll Authority
ID numberNBI 28 0009
Websitewww.bayareafastrak.org
Characteristics
Designsteel plate girder
Total length9,504 feet (1.800 mi; 2.897 km)
Width38.1 feet (11.6 m)
Longest span460 feet (140 m)
Clearance below135 feet (41 m)
History
OpenedDecember 1978; 45 years ago (1978-12)
Replaces1926 lift bridge
Statistics
Daily traffic13,600 (2009)
Toll
  • Northbound only
  • FasTrak or pay-by-plate, cash not accepted
  • Effective January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2024 (2022-01-01 – 2024-12-31):
  • $7.00
  • $3.50 (carpool rush hours, FasTrak only)
Location
Map

The Antioch Bridge (officially the Senator John A. Nejedly Bridge) is an automobile, bicycle, and pedestrian[2] bridge in the western United States. Located in northern California, it crosses the San Joaquin River-Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel, linking Antioch in Contra Costa County with Sherman Island in southern Sacramento County, near Rio Vista.

Named after state senator John Nejedly, the bridge is signed as part of State Route 160. Unlike other toll bridges in California, it has only a single lane of traffic for each direction.[3] It is one of several bridges in the Bay area that are traversable by pedestrians and bicyclists in addition to automobiles.[2] The current bridge was completed 46 years ago in 1978, is 1.8 miles (2.9 km) in length, and opened to traffic that December.[4]

  1. ^ 2015 Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California (PDF) (Report). Caltrans. 2016. pp. 71, 255. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Antioch Bridge". Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Antioch Bridge". Caltrans, District 4. 2010. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Bridge Facts: Antioch Bridge". Bay Area Toll Authority. Archived from the original on 2007-06-29. Retrieved 2007-07-03.