Overflow water from the Sacramento River can make its way through the gates of the weir, but when water levels at the I Street Bridge reach 29.87 feet the gates of the weir are opened.

The Sacramento Weir is a concrete structure, 110 years old, built for flood control. The purpose of a weir is different than dams or levees.

The Sacramento Weir is the only manually operated weir on the Sacramento River system. The 1,920-foot-long weir consists of 48 gates that must be opened with a long hooked pole.

A drone view shows Fremont Weir along the Sacramento River overtopping in Knights Landing, Calif. on Monday, January 9, 2023. Courtesy Kenneth James / California Department of Water Resources ...

The Sacramento Weir is undergoing the first major upgrade since it was built more than a century ago. The weir, located in West Sacramento east of the Yolo Bypass off Interstate 80, was built in ...

Checking in on the Sacramento Weir 01:04. WEST SACRAMENTO – Water can be seen coming over the gates at the Sacramento Weir on Wednesday as the leading edge of a significant storm hits Northern ...

The gates of the weir are opened when water levels at the I Street Bridge reach 29.87 feet, but so far, the levels have been declining. The last observed level of the Sacramento River at the ...

Officials closing Sacramento Weir after first-in-a-decade opening this month By Ryan Sabalow. [email protected]. Updated January 23, 2017 4:43 PM.

YOLO COUNTY (CBS13) — The gates of the Sacramento Weir are expected to open on Monday, allowing flooding of the Yolo Bypass. A combination of rain and snowmelt from a warm storm have water ...

Engineers open the weir after the Sacramento River hits 29.87 feet at Sacramento's I Street Bridge. Yesterday, dozens of spectators came out to look at the weir. "This is the savior of Sacramento.

According to a Yolo County press release, the Sacramento Weir Widening Project is taking place along Old River Road, also known as County Road 22, ...

A number of the Sacramento River weir gates were opened Monday morning, releasing a wall of water downstream and flooding the Yolo Bypass. This is the first time the gates have been opened in a ...