Rating:
29847
{100}%
2 votes
Ellsworth Street Bridge
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Ellsworth Street Bridge
Photo taken by Michael Goff on January 29, 2010
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BH Photo #156186
Description
1090 ft bridge (4 main spans consisting of 200 ft Parker through trusses). Replaced an 1887 structure.
Facts
- Overview
- Parker through truss bridge over Willamette River on Eastbound US 20 in Albany
- Location
- Albany, Benton County, Oregon, and Linn County, Oregon
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1926; rehabilitated 1971
- Builders
- - Conde B. McCullough of Redfield, South Dakota (Bridge Engineer)
- Union Bridge Co. of Portland of Portland, Oregon
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 200.1 ft.
Total length: 1,089.9 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.9 ft.
- Recognition
-
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Willamette River (Albany) Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.63889, -123.10639 (decimal degrees)
44°38'20" N, 123°06'23" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 10/491562/4942842 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Albany
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 18,300
- Inventory numbers
- OR 01025D (Oregon Dept. of Transportation structure number)
BH 29847 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of January 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 46.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- January 23, 2020: New photos from Mike Goff
- April 19, 2018: Updated by Richard Doody: Corrected date built, added info on configuration and previous bridge replaced
- April 10, 2018: New photo from Richard Doody
- April 9, 2018: New photos from Richard Doody
- April 26, 2010: New Street View added by Michael Goff
- February 24, 2010: New photos from Michael Goff
- April 20, 2009: Posted HAER photos
- October 21, 2008: Updated by Michael Goff
Sources
- Mike Goff - michael [dot] goff [at] hotmail [dot] com
- HAER OR-34 - Albany Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at U.S. Highway 20, Albany, Linn County, OR
- Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon - Dwight A. Smith, James B. Norman & Pieter T. Dykman, Oregon Historical Society Press, 1989
- Elegant Arches, Soaring Spans - Robert W. Hadlow, Oregon State University Press, 2001
- Wikipedia - Ellsworth Street Bridge
- Richard Doody