Lynch Creek

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name = Lynch Creek
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country = United States
state = California
region = Sonoma County
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city = Petaluma, California
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source = Sonoma Mountain
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Lynch Creek is a stream in Sonoma County, California, United States which discharges into the Petaluma River.

Course

Lynch Creek rises on the west flank of Sonoma Mountain and descends initially to the west. It flows under Sonoma Mountain Road, then turns southward and roughly parallels Lynch Road for about a mile (2 km). Just north of Adobe Road, it crosses under Sonoma Mountain Road again. After crossing Adobe Road, it flows through Rooster Run Golf Club and enters suburban Petaluma, where it flows southwestward. It crosses Sonoma Mountain Parkway and Maria Drive and follows the western edge of Lucchesi Park to North McDowell Boulevard. From the south side of the Boulevard, it continues southward, passing under U.S. 101 at milepost 5.19 to feed into the Petaluma River near Jess Avenue.

Bridges

Lynch Creek is spanned by several bridges, including:cite web|url=http://nationalbridges.com/|title=National Bridge Inventory Database]
* at U.S. Route 101, a pair of convert|79|ft|m|0|adj=on concrete continuous slabs built in 1955,
* at Sonoma Mountain Road convert|0.35|mi|km|1|lk=on northwest of Adobe Road, a convert|62|ft|m|0|adj=on prestressed concrete tee beam built in 1984, and
* at Adobe Road convert|3.2|mi|km|0|lk=on south of Petaluma Hill Road, a convert|60|ft|m|0|adj=on steel bridge built in 1950 and reconstructed in 1963.

References

ee also

* List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area