Crooked River High Bridge
Crooked River (High) Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 44°23′31″N 121°11′38″W / 44.392°N 121.194°WCoordinates: 44°23′31″N 121°11′38″W / 44.392°N 121.194°W |
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Crosses | Crooked River |
Locale | Jefferson County, Oregon |
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Design | steel deck arch |
Total length | 464 ft (141 m) |
Longest span | 330 ft (100 m) |
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Opened | 1926 |
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The Crooked River High Bridge is a steel arch bridge that spans the Crooked River gorge in Jefferson County, Oregon. The bridge was designed by Conde McCullough and was completed in 1926. Shortly after its completion, Oregon State Highway Division created the Peter Skene Ogden Park just to the south of the bridge.
The bridge has a total length of 464 feet (141 m) with a main span of 330 feet (100 m). The deck is 295 feet (90 m) above the canyon floor. The bridge was eventually unable to keep up with the growing traffic demands of US 97 (US 97), and was replaced by the wider Rex T. Barber Veterans Memorial Bridge in 2000. The old bridge is open to pedestrians.
See also[]
Transport portal
Engineering portal
Oregon portal
- List of bridges in the United States by height
External links[]
- Oregon State Parks panoramic image
- Crooked River Bridge at Structurae
- Crooked River High Bridge, Spanning Crooked River Gorge at Dalles-California Highway, Terrebonne vicinity, Deschutes, OR at the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)
Sources[]
- Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans: C.B. McCullough, Oregon's Master Bridge Builder, Robert W. Hadlow, Oregon State University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-87071-534-8.
Categories:
- Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States
- Bridges completed in 1926
- Road bridges in Oregon
- Historic American Engineering Record in Oregon
- Bridges by Conde McCullough
- U.S. Route 97
- Bridges of the United States Numbered Highway System
- 1926 establishments in Oregon
- Steel bridges in the United States
- Transportation buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Oregon
- Western United States bridge (structure) stubs
- Oregon building and structure stubs
- Oregon transportation stubs