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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...