Guy West Bridge, Suspension bridge at California State University Sacramento, United States.
The Guy West Bridge is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians and bicycles over the American River in Sacramento, California, joining the California State University, Sacramento campus to the Campus Commons student housing development. Its towers, main cables and deck are painted international orange, and its form copies the Golden Gate Bridge. Steel came from U.S. Steel's American Bridge Division in South San Francisco.
The Guy West Bridge opened in 1967, named after Guy West, Sacramento State's first president. It was then billed as the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the United States, cost about US$636,000, and won a special prize in the 1968 AISC steel bridges contest. U.S. Steel's American Bridge Division in South San Francisco supplied the steel.
The bridge is named after Guy West, the first president of Sacramento State. Its form and international orange paint copy the Golden Gate Bridge, and in 2009 it was featured in an episode of the television series California's Gold.
The Guy West Bridge carries only pedestrians and bicycles, so no vehicles cross it. It links the Sacramento State campus with Campus Commons on the far bank. Repainting in 2014 closed it on weekends through summer and fall, so check for maintenance closures before planning a crossing.
The bridge was the subject of a 2009 episode of the television series California's Gold. Its suspender cables were X-rayed during a 1987 closure after three failed, and a 1990 investigation blamed fatigue at the socket connector to the deck.
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