The Foresthill Bridge, pictured in July 2010, is the tallest bridge in California and spans 730 feet over the north fork of the American River near Auburn. It will undergo $6.3 million testing of ...
Inside Look is a Sacramento Bee series where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories. Inspection work began this week using ultrasonic ...
A daring stunt on California's tallest bridge left a 19-year-old man dangling perilously high above the ground earlier this week. Fortunately for him, first responders came to the rescue at the Auburn ...
PLACER COUNTY – Fire investigators are asking for help gathering information about two people they say were seen taking off from the scene after starting a fire under the Foresthill Bridge in Placer ...
The Placer County Sheriff's Office issued a trespassing reminder after a teen’s social media stunt gone bad led to an emergency rescue. On Monday, Sept. 18, police responded to a report of a teenager ...
PLACER COUNTY, California (KOVR) — A teen’s call for help came as he became stuck hundreds of feet up in Placer County Monday. The Placer County Sheriff’s Office says that, just before 6:30 p.m.
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How California Built Its Tallest Bridge to Nowhere

The Foresthill Bridge, built for the doomed Auburn Dam project, towers higher than any other bridge in California - yet it leads to nothing. A colossal monument to political failure and wasted ...
PLACER COUNTY - A teen's call for help came as he became stuck hundreds of feet up in Placer County Monday. The Placer County Sheriff's Office says that, just before 6:30 p.m. Monday, it received a ...
Investigators have determined a fire that burned under the Foresthill Bridge near Auburn earlier this month to be an arson fire, Cal Fire said Tuesday. The Bridge Fire started early the afternoon of ...
The Foresthill Bridge will undergo ultrasonic testing to ensure its 282 welds are secure, Placer County officials announced this week. “It’s iconic,” said Matt Randall, deputy director of the Placer ...