An updated version of this scenery package is included in my new Bay Area Bridges bundle, along with all my other previously released bridge scenery packages for the area and some other extras.
The Antioch Bridge (officially known as the Senator John A. Nejedly Bridge) is a 1.8 mile-long highway bridge, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, that carries California State Route 160 over the San Joaquin River. Of the toll bridges in the Bay Area, Antioch is the easternmost, the only one with just one lane in each direction, and the only one that reaches outside the Bay Area counties, touching down in Sacramento County at its northern end. The current bridge, a steel plate girder design with concrete piers, was opened in 1978.
The bridge's seismic retrofit, conducted between 2010 and 2012, left it with a somewhat unique set of steel cross-braces on its 16 tallest concrete supports.
Features
- Hand-modeled recreation of the Antioch Bridge and its toll plaza.
NOTE: there's some odd traffic behavior on the bridge. I've gotten rid of the worst of it, so at least nobody's driving on the water surface, but while fine-tuning this one I noticed traffic driving the wrong way, driving along the median barriers, all kinds of weirdness. I reckon there's not much to be done about it unless Asobo opens up the vector data for editing, but at least it's not too noticeable in flight.
- Accurate night lighting; unlike the other major area bridges, the roadway here is not lit at night, so the only lights I placed are the marine warning lights.
- Some minor terraforming and vegetation tweaks
- Extensive shoreline fixes in the area around the bridge to correctly show marinas, docks, etc.
- Landmark / POI pin added to World Map
Installation
- Download the ZIP file and extract the "whitearcades-antiochbridge" folder to your Community folder:
For the Microsoft Store version: C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_\LocalCache\Packages\Community
For the Steam version: C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\Packages\Community
How To Donate
If you enjoy this addon or my other scenery addons, please consider using the PayPal link below or on my profile page to donate. I make scenery addons for the fun of it, not specifically looking to monetize my work, but keep in mind that putting these sceneries together requires a significant investment of time and effort, and every bit helps.
Other Scenery By Me
(all available on flightsim.to)
San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge night lighting enhancements
Dumbarton Bridge
San Mateo Bridge
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge
Carquinez Bridge
Benicia-Martinez Bridge
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Cedar Point
Kings Island
Six Flags Over Texas
Busch Gardens Williamsburg
So also here many Thx from Warstein in Germany for addon work.
Love to fly at your Bridges meanwhile 😊
2 months ago
CaptainMoonlight
No complaints. Looks great!
1 years ago
FreakyD
Another fine sfba bridge, thank you.
2 years ago
fStopper
Cool, love that people help out with populating the world with bridges! Thanks.
2 years ago
GunStrauss