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The Gianella Bridge was a
swing bridge A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that has as its primary structural support a vertical locating pin and support ring, usually at or near to its center of gravity, about which the swing span (turning span) can then pi ...
that brought
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across the
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at
Hamilton City, California Hamilton City (formerly, Hamilton) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Glenn County, California, United States. The population was 1,759 at the 2010 census, down from 1,903 at the 2000 census. Hamilton City is located east of Orland, and 10 mile ...
, between
Glenn County Glenn County is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,917. The county seat is Willows. It is located in the Sacramento Valley, in the northern part of the California Central Valley. The ...
and Butte County. It was built in 1908-1911 by Cotton Brothers & Co., Contractors. Also known as Sacramento River Bridge at Hamilton City, it was listed on the
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in 1982. The bridge was documented by the
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(HAER) in 1984. It was demolished in 1987 but remains NRHP-listed. While a bridge was desired by both counties, there was disagreement about the location. Glenn County favored the Hamilton City location to support Hamilton, in Glenn County, and the sugar beet industry; Butte County favored a location closer to Chico, in Butte County. The deadlock was broken by influence of Swiss-born Vincenzo Gianella, a Butte County large landowner and sugar beet farmer. and It was replaced by a concrete highway bridge and was removed in 1987. Nonetheless, the swing bridge remains listed on the NRHP as of 2013.


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* Transportation buildings and structures in Glenn County, California Swing bridges in the United States Truss bridges in the United States Drawbridges on the National Register of Historic Places Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in California National Register of Historic Places in Glenn County, California Historic American Engineering Record in California {{California-bridge-struct-stub