You ever read The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller? Terrible book. Purple prose at its most florid. Made into a bad movie starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep three years after the book’s 1992 publication. Despite obvious star power, it’s terrible too. Call me a Philistine if you like, but I’m no fan of bodice-ripper romances set in rural Iowa – so sue me. I prefer something a bit grittier. Hence today’s post on The Bridges of Yolo County. It’s a photo essay set on both sides of the Sacramento River. In addition to a couple of iconic bridges, it features the River Walk, Old Town Sac, and the State Railroad Museum. Hope you enjoy The Bridges of Yolo County as much as I did while I walked the loop this morning.
The River Walk begins in West Sac near my front door and follows the Yolo bank of the river from the I-Street Bridge south to the Tower Bridge.Sacramento’s Tower Bridge.It’s iconic.The Tower Bridge as seen from the I-Street bridge looking south.The I-Street Bridge viewed from the Sac side of the river.The I-Street Bridge has train tracks on the lower level and a roadway for cars on the upper level.Like I said, grittier.
Joe’s Crab Shack anchors the south end of Old Sac.Joe’s famous motto:: Free Crab TOMORROW, never today.Why? Because when the bell rings it means that bridge is going to raise itself up 40′ to let a boat pass thru, that’s why.
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The sign makers of Old Sac just love to point the finger. Literally.
See what I mean?
Founded by the late great Denny Anspach and funded in part by the State of CA when Reagan was governor, the State RR Museum anchors the north end of Old Sac.
Steamers to San Fran – downstream, of course.
They call it a “roundhouse” for a reason.
Calstrs and the Ziggurat building as seen from the Sac side of the tracks.One last locomotive for the road – er, I mean, the rails.And one last finger for the road too.
