Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 82004614 Destruction date 1987 Bridge type Swing bridge | Built 1937 Opened 1937 Body of water Sacramento River Added to NRHP 8 July 1982 | |
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Location CA 32, Hamilton City, California Built by Cotton Brothers & Co., Contractors; Leonard,John B. Similar Swing bridge, Rio Vista Bridge, Tower Bridge, Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay, Isleton Bridge | ||
The Gianella Bridge was a swing bridge that brought CA 32 across the Sacramento River at Hamilton City, California, between Glenn County and Butte County. It was built in 1937 by Cotton Brothers & Co., Contractors. Also known as Sacramento River Bridge at Hamilton City, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The bridge was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record (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.
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.