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HISTORIC HIGHWAY BRIDGES OF OREGON
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Cape Creek Bridge, located on the Oregon Coast Highway in Lane County, was built in 1931 and is one of many graceful arch bridges on the Oregon Coast designed by Conde B. McCullough, Oregon's noted state bridge engineer. (Drawing by George Kraus, ODOT.)
Development of Bridge Technology
Bridge Building Tradition in Oregon
Need
Purpose
Methodology
Evaluation and Identification
Coordination and Determination of Eligibility
Study Identified Bridges
Truss Bridges
Arch Bridges
Suspension Bridges
Moveable Bridges
Slab, Beam, and Girder Bridges
Old Columbia River Highway Bridges
Covered Bridges
Other Historic Bridges
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Guide to the Bridge Photo-Description Pages and State Highway Numbers
Appendix B: Significant Bridge Designers and Contractors
Appendix C: Bridge Statistics and Location by County
Appendix D: Structural Type and Number
Appendix E: Reserve Bridges
Appendix F: Notable Highway Bridges Constructed After 1940
Appendix G: Master List of the Inventoried Bridges
INDEX (omitted from the online edition)
Copyright © 1986 by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
All rights reserved.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 86-61026
ISBN: 0-9616754-0-3 (hardcover)
0-9616754-1-1 (softcover)
Published by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
Printed in the United States of America.
A second (revised) edition of this document has been published by the
Oregon Historical Society, 1230 SW Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97206
(copyright © 1989)
This book is dedicated to the bridge designers and
builders—past, present, and future—for their imprint on
the Oregon landscape.
FIGURES
1 Shepperd's Dell Bridge (1914), Old Columbia River Highway2 Basic Bridge Types
3 Common Historic Truss Designs
4 Truss Connections
5 Willamette River Suspension Bridge (1888), Oregon City
6 John Day River Bridge (1918), Astoria
7 Rogue River Bridge (Ca. 1890), Grants Pass
8 Toll Bridge Rates
9 Camas Creek Bridge (Ca. 1900), Ukiah
10 McKenzie River (Booth-Kelly) Railroad Bridge (1882), Springfield
11 Willamette River (Morrison Street) Bridge (1905), Portland
12 The Bridges of Portland (Aerial View)
13 Coos Bay (McCullough Memorial) Bridge (1936), North Bend
14 Columbia River (Interstate 205) Bridge (1982), Portland Area
15 Evaluation Criteria
16 Rarity and Uniqueness Criteria (Details)
17 Chasm Bridge (1937), Tillamook County
18 Artistic Embellishments (Details)
19 Rhea Creek Bridge (1909), Morrow County
20 Historic Highway Bridges List
21 Yaquina Bay Bridge (1936), Newport (Drawing)
22 Crown Point Vista House (1918), Columbia River Highway
23 Standard Covered Bridge Plan (1934)
24 Coquille River Bridge (1922), Coquille
25 Grande Ronde River (Old Rhinehart) Bridge (1922), Union County
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