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Bacon Island Swing Bridge


Location
State California
Country United States




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Latitude 37° 57" 20'
Longitude -121° 31" 34'
Format DD DMS
Body of water Middle River
Horizontal Clearance 90 feet
Closed Vertical Clearance 8 feet
Current Conditions
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Temperature: 54F
Dewpoint: 54F

Overcast
High: 72F
Low: 50F

Partly Cloudy
High: 82F
Low: 52F

Clear
High: 77F
Low: 52F

Clear

Introduction:
Bacon Island Swing Bridge, some 13 miles west of Stockton, carries traffic across the Middle River from the west levee road on Middle River to Bacon Island Road.

Navigating the Bridge:
Use NOAA Chart 18661.

Characteristics: The bridge has a closed vertical clearance of eight feet with 90 feet of horizontal clearance in the center span. Water depths average 24 feet at mean low water.

Bridge Schedule:
Summer: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from May 15 to September 15, the bridge opens with 12 hours advance notice.

Winter: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from September 16 to May 14, the bridge opens with 12 hours advance notice.

The bridgetender can be contacted via phone at 209-942-5441.

Local Notices to Mariners:
Local Notices to Mariners are now exclusively available online from the U.S. Coast Guard.