HISTORIC HIGHWAY BRIDGES OF OREGON

Yaquina Bay Bridge (1936), Oregon Coast Highway, Newport, Lincoln County

The references below include only major and general sources of information. The list is not exhaustive of all consulted sources, and for the most part, excludes references to specific bridges.

Ammann, O.H. "Advances in Bridge Construction." Civil Engineering, August 3, 1933: 428-32.

Billington, David P. "History and Esthetics in Concrete Arch Bridges." Journal of the Structural Division, American Society of Civil Engineers 103, November 1977: 2129-43.

Black, Archibald. The Story of Bridges. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1936.

"Bridges—A Special Issue." Society for Industrial Archeology Newsletter, Volume 8, Numbers 1 and 2, January and March 1979.

Chamberlin, William P. "Historic Bridges: Criteria for Decision Making." Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board, 1983.

Cockrell, Nick, and Bill Cockrell. Roofs Over Rivers: A Guide to Oregon's Covered Bridges. Beaverton, Oregon: The Touchstone Press, 1978.

Comp, T. Allan, and Donald Jackson. "Bridge Truss Types: A Guide to Dating and Identifying." American Association for State and Local History. Technical Leaflet 95. History News, Volume 32, No. 5, May 1977.

Condit, Carl W. American Building Art: The Nineteenth Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 1960.

____________. American Building Art: The Twentieth Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 1961.

Corning, Howard M. (ed.). Dictionary of Oregon History. Portland: Binfords and Mort, 1956.

_____________. Willamette Landings: Ghost Towns of the River. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, Second Edition, 1973.

Deibler, Dan G. A Survey and Photographic Inventory of Metal Truss Bridges in Virginia, 1856-1932, Volumes I-IV. Charlottesville, Virginia: Virginia Highway and Transportation Research Council, 1975.

Deloney, Eric (ed.). "Historic Bridge Bulletin," Society for Industrial Archeology Newsletter, Summer 1984, Number 1.

Dicken, Samuel N., and Emily F. Dicken. The Making of Oregon: A Study in Historical Geography. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1979.

Elling, Rudolf E., and Gayland B. Witherspoon. Metal Truss Highway Bridge Inventory. Columbia: South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation, 1981.

Fore, George. North Carolina Metal Bridges: An Inventory and Evaluation. Raleigh, North Carolina: North Carolina Division of Archives and History and North Carolina Division of Highways, 1979.

Fraser Design. Wyoming Truss Bridge Survey. Cheyenne: Wyoming State Highway Department, 1984.

Galli, G. "100 Years of Construction News—Events that Shaped the Future." Engineering News Record 192, April 1974: 455.

Geis, Joseph. Bridges and Men. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1966.

Georgia Department of Transportation and Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Historic Bridge Survey. Atlanta, 1981.

Guedes, Pedro (ed.). Encyclopedia of Architectural Technology. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1979

Hayden, Martin. The Book of Bridges. New York City: Galahad Books, 1976.

Historic American Highways. Washington D.C.: American Association of State Highway Officials, 1953.

Hoyt, Jr., Hugh M. The Good Roads Movement in Oregon: 1900-1920. Unpublished thesis, Department of History, Graduate School of the University of Oregon, 1966.

Jackson, Donald C. "Railroads, Truss Bridges and the Rise of the Civil Engineer." Civil Engineering 47, October 1977: 97-101.

______, and Shanahan, Nancy C. et al. "Saving Historic Bridges." Information from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Sheet 36. Washington, D.C.: 1984.

Kemp, Emory L. West Virginia's Historic Bridges. Charleston: West Virginia Department of Culture and History and West Virginia Department of Highways, 1984.

Kentucky Department of Transportation. A Survey of Truss, Suspension, and Arch Bridges in Kentucky. Frankfort: Kentucky Bureau of Highways, 1982.

Ketchum, Milo S. The Design of Highway Bridges and the Calculation of Stresses in Bridge Trusses. New York: Engineering News Publishing Co., 1909.

_____________. The Design of Highway Bridges. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1920.

Lindenthal, Gustav. "Some Aspects of Bridge Architecture," Scientific American, November 1921.

Loy, William G. Atlas of Oregon. Eugene: University of Oregon Books, 1976.

MacColl, E. Kimbark. The Shaping of a City: Business and Politics in Portland, Oregon, 1885-1915. Portland: Georgian Press Company, 1976.

____________. The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon, 1915 to 1950. Portland: Georgian Press Company, 1979.

McArthur, Lewis A. Oregon Geographic Names. Fifth Edition. (Edited by Lewis L. McArthur.) Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1982.

McCullough, Conde B. Economics of Highway Bridge Types. Chicago: Gillette Publishing Company, 1929.

______, and Edward S. Thayer. Elastic Arch Bridges. New York: J. Wiley and Sons, 1931.

____________, and John R. McCullough. The Engineer at Law: A Resume of Modern Engineers Jurisprudence. Ames, Iowa: The Collegiate Press, 1946.

Mock, Elizabeth B. The Architecture of Bridges. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1949.

Moore, Ralph T. Historic Transportation System in Oregon: Present and Future Needs. Based on an Engineering Analysis for the Legislation Interim Committee for the Study of Highways, Roads and Street Needs, Revenue and Taxation. Salem, 1948.

Nelson, Lee H. Oregon Covered Bridges. Portland: Oregon Historical Society, 1976.

Newlon, Howard. Criteria for Preservation and Adaptive Use of Historic Highway Structures. Charlottesville, Virginia: Virginia Highway and Transportation Research Council, 1978.

Ohio Department of Transportation. The Ohio Historic Bridge Inventory Evaluation and Preservation Plan. Columbus: 1983.

Oregon Historical Society. Oregon Historical Quarterly. Portland: Various Issues.

Oregon State Highway Commission. Biennial Report. Salem: Oregon State Highway Department, reports covering the years 1913 to 1941.

Oregon State Highway Division. Bridge Log. Salem: Oregon Department of Transportation, 1983.

Pierce, Louis F. "Esthetics in Oregon Bridges-McCullough To Date." Portland: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1980.

Plowden, David. Bridges: The Spans of North America. New York: Viking Press, 1974.

Potter, Elizabeth Walton. "Oregon Covered Bridges," Thematic group nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Salem: State Historic Preservation Office, 1979.

Quivik, Fredric L. Historic Bridges in Montana. Helena: State of Montana Department of Highways, 1982.

Smith, Dwight A. Columbia River Highway District: Nomination of the Old Columbia River Highway in the Columbia Gorge to the National Register of Historic Places. Salem: Oregon Department of Transportation, 1984.

Staehli, Alfred M. Willamette River Bridge 5.1 Draw Span. Prepared for the Historic American Engineering Record. (Contains history of the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway by Lewis L. McArthur.) Portland: 1985.

Tyrrell, Henry G. History of Bridge Engineering. Chicago: By the Author, 1911.

United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. America on the Move: The Story of the Federal-Aid Highway Program. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1962.

______. A Nation in Motion: Historic American Transportation Sites. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1976.

Waddell, J.A.L. Bridge Engineering. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1916.

Watson, Ralph. Casual and Factual Glimpses at the Beginning and Development of Oregon's Roads and Highways. Salem: Oregon State Highway Department, about 1954.

Watson, Wilbur J. Bridge Architecture. New York: William Helburn, Inc., 1927.

Whitney, Charles S. Bridges: Their Art, Science and Evolution. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1983 Reprint of 1929 book.

Soderborg, Lisa. Historic Bridges in Washington State. Olympia: Washington State Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, 1981.